History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v5.c81.s4.13

v5.c81.s4.13

Thus the year 1690 ended without any disaster. During the next year the Mughals enjoyed respite as the Rathor national army was diverted to Mewar in order to assist Maharana Jai Singh in suppressing the rebellion of his heir Amar Singh and all the leading nobles of that State. In 1692, also, there was truce in Marwar, as Safi Khan, the governor of Ajmir, opened negotiations with the Rathors for the surrender of Akbar's daughter, whom they had been nourishing since her father's flight in 1681. But nothing came of these overtures as the Emperor was not yet prepared to make any real concession to Ajit Singh. So, the war was renewed in 1693. Ajit Singh, guided by Durgadas, took post at Bhilara* and caused trouble. But Shujaet Khan soon hastened to Marwar, and a concerned movement by the faujdars of Jodhpur, Jhalor and Siwana forced Ajit Singh to flee back to the hills, after Akho Balla, who met the Mughal attack, had been defeated. [Mirat, 346 ; Tod.]