History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v5.c84.s3.t1.4

v5.c84.s3.t1.4

Chhatra Sal Bundela has been confounded with Chhatra Sal Rathor (son of Ratan Singh), a loyal servant of Aurangzib and qiladar in the Deccan, who rose to be a commander of 1500 in 1703. The mistake originated in the news-writers of the imperial Court, in their hurry, giving the latter's title as Bundela in some places (and Rathor in others), though his father's name is given as Ratan Singh Rathor. M.A. using one such wrong Akhbarat called the qiladar C.S. Bundela; M.U. and Irvine's Later Mughals repeated the error, from M.A. It is only the study of the mass of original Akhbarat that has enabled me to detect and rectify this mistake. C.S. Bundela never served under Aurangzib between 1670 and 1704.