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the King of Golcond*, whom he look'd upon now no more as his Matter, hut 

 as one of his moft inveterate Enemies. Thereupon lie wrote to the Prince to 

 this effect : That if he would join with him, he would give him an opportu- 

 nity to pofiefs himfelf of the whole Kingdom 6$'6olc6nddi and that he mould 

 not neglect Co fair an opportunity to enlarge the Dominions of the Great Mo- 

 gul, the fiicceflion whereof might as well concern him, as any of the reft of 

 his' Brothers. But the Anfwer which SuitaH-Sujah Cent him, was contrary to 

 his expectation ; who told him, that he could not tell how to trult a perlbn 

 who as he went about to betray his King, ffligjjt more ealily be drawn to be- 

 tray a Foreign Prince, whom he had invcigl'd only for the fake of his Re- 

 venge ; and that therefore he mould not rely upon him. Upon Suit an- Stub's 

 refufal, Mirgimola wrote to Aurengz,cb, who was then in his Government of 

 Brampoure, who being not Co nice as his Brother, accepted of the propofal that 

 was made him. Thus while Mirgimola advanced with his Troops toward Bsg- 

 nabar, Aurengz,cb haften's toward Dedan, and both Armies being join'd, they 

 came to the Gates of Bag.-uibar before the King was in a pofture to receive 

 them. He had only time to retreat into his Fortrefs of Golconda, to which 

 Aurengz^cb, after he had rifl'd the City of Baguabar, and plundered the Palace, 

 lay'd a dole Siege. The King feeing himft If thus vigoroullv prefs'd, lent away 

 to AfhgimoLi his Wife and Children very honourably. For there is vertueand 

 generofity in the Indians, as well as in the Europeans ■, of which I will give vou 

 an illuftrious Example in the perlon of the King of Golconda. Some days after 

 the Enemy had befieg'd the Fortrefs, a Canoneer efjving Attteng&b upon his 

 Elephant, riding about to view the Fortifications of the Caftle, told the King, 

 being then upon the Baftion, that if he pleas'd he would fetch off AutfimA 

 with a Canon-mot ; and at the fame time was about to give fire ; but the King 

 holding his hand, told him he perceiv'd it well enough, but that it behov'd 

 Kings to be better husbands of the Lives of Princes. The Canoneer obey'd 

 the King, and initead of mooting at Aurcrgz^eb, he took oif the Head of the 

 General of his Army, who was a little before him; which put a ftop to the 

 Afiault they were about to have giv'n the Army being in a confufion upon 

 his death. Abdul-jaber-Beg, General of the King of Gofcofida's Army Ivingnot 

 far from the Camp, with a flying Army of four thoufand Horfe, underit.nding 

 the diforder of the Enemy by reafbn of the lofs of their General, laid hold of 

 fo favourable an opportunity, gave, them a deiperate charge in that confufion, 

 and putting them to the rout, purfu'd them till night, for four or five Leagues. 

 Some few days before the General's death, the King of Golconda finding that 

 his provifions fail'd him in the Fortrefs, was about to have delivered the Keys; 

 but as I faid before, Mirz.a-Mahomed, his Son-in-Law, fhatch'd them out of 

 his hand, and threatn'd to kill him, if he perfever'd in that refolution. Which 

 was the reafbn, that the King who lov'd him not before., had ever after the 

 greateft afte&ion imaginable for him as long as he liv'd. 



Aurer.gx.eb being thus conftrain'd to raife his Siege, ftay'd fome days to rally 

 his Troops 5 and having receiv'd a recruit of frefh men, return'd again to the 

 Siege, with new refolutions. But Mirgimola, who had ftill fome kindnefs for 

 the King remaining in his breaft, would not permit Aurcngz,cb to ufe the ut- 

 moft of extremity, but by his wit and good management gain'd a fufpeniion 

 of Arms. 



Cha-phan, the Father of Airrengz,eb , had formerly had great kindneffes 

 ffiew'n him by the King of Golconda, ro whom he fled, after he had loft the 

 Battel, together with his eldeft Brother, which he fought againft Jeban-gmr 

 his Father, with whom he made War. The eldeft Son was taken, and feban- 

 guir caus'd his eyes to be put out $ but Cha-jeban being more wary, fled, and 

 was entertain'd by the King of Golconda, with whom he enter'd into a particular 

 and ftri<ft friendfhip ; Cha-jehan making an Oath to his Benefa&or, that he would 

 never wage War againft him upon any occafion whatever. Mirgimola there- 

 fore knowing that it would be no difficult thing to bring two Kings, that were 

 Friends, to an accommodation, wrought underhand with both, toward the con- 

 clufion of a Peace. And he fo brought his bufinefs about, that the King of Gol- 

 conda writ a Letter firft to Cha-phan ) wherein he fubmimvely requefted him 



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