History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v5.c82.s2.9

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As early as May 1686, Aurangzib had recognised the gravity of the situation by detaching against the Jats a great general, Khan-i-Jahan Kokaltash Zafar Jang (M. A. 274). Now the success of Rajaram and the failure of Khan-i-Jahan thoroughly alarmed the Emperor, and in December he ordered his son Azam to go there and command the operations in person. But the prince had only reached Burhanpur, when he was recalled to the Emperor's side by the more pressing need of retrieving Mughal prestige before Golkonda (July, 1687). The prince's eldest son, Bidar Bakht, a gallant lad of 17, was however sent (in December, 1687), to assume the supreme command in the Jat war, while Khan-i-Jahan was to continue as his adviser and chief officer [M. A. 298, 311 ; K. K. 316, 395].