History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v5.c82.s3.14

v5.c82.s3.14

But the trouble did not end even then. Devi Singh, another son of Pahar Singh, joined Chhatra Sal Bundela, and took to plundering the imperial territory and molesting the people in Bundelkhand. [Ishwar, 119b.] In 1690, Gopal Singh,* the grandson of Pahar Singh, assembled a large army and captured the fort of Indrakhi, belonging to Bakhtawar of the Bhadauria clan. The dispossessed zamindar appealed for protection to Safdar Khan, the faujdar of Gwalior, who did nothing for him. The Emperor severely reprimanded this officer and compelled him to proceed against the rebels. Safdar Khan, therefore, rode in force against a petty fort near the village of Gujwara† in the pargana of Palwa, to which he laid siege. On the sixteenth day, while he was making preparations for delivering an assault next morning, the rebels made a night-attack on the siege-camp. The Khan, fighting in front of his men, was killed by a musket-shot in his navel (May 1690). [Ishwar, 135b, 138a; M. A. 335.]