Shivaji and His Times c8.s31.7

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Iftikhar, no doubt moved by kindly intentions, became guilty of double-dealing. As an English gunner in Muazzam's service wrote, "He played the Jack on both sides, and told the Prince that Dilir Khan was his enemy, and went to Dilir Khan and told him that the Prince would seize on him if he came to Aurangabad." (John Trotter to President of Surat, 20 Dec. 1670, in *F. R. Surat*, Vol. 105.) His unfortunate advice to Dilir only prolonged the tension.