Page:Letters of Aurungzebe - tr. Bilimoriya - 1908.djvu/15

3 Letters addressed to Sultan Mahammad Aluazzam, Shah Alam Bahadur, the Crown Prince.

LETTER I.

Eldest son of sovereignty, happy son, Muhammad Mūazzam, may God protect and save you. His Majesty, having his abode in paradise (Sháh Jehán, Aurangzebe's father), had a great desire to conquer the provinces of Balkh, Badakhshán, Khorásán, and Hirát which were the ancient possessions of our ancestors. . He often sent there the royal forces under the command of Mūrád Bakhsha.