CHAP. XI.] PEACE WITH BIJAPUR. 279 territory, all the forts in the Nizam Shahi Konkan, and the district of Wangi. The king of Bijapur accepted these terms and sent letters to his officers to deliver the forts in question to the Mughals. Shah Jahan ratified the treaty, remitting half a krore from the indemnity, and sending a gracious letter to Adil Shah. He at the same time ordered Aurangzib to return with his army to Bidar; the officers and men sent to the Deccan from Malwa and Hindustan were re- called to their former posts. Mir Jumla was directed to take possession of the newly ceded forts in the west and then return to the Imperial Court.* War abruptly ended, without ensuring quest. con- Thus Aurangzib received a sharp check in the hour of his triumph. He had gained only the northern fringe of the vast Bijapur kingdom when his father cried halt to him. Small as his acquisitions by the treaty were, he had no power to hold the Bijapur king to his promises. At the Imperial order dictat- ing peace, the Mughal officers slackened their efforts and many of them set out for the Court
- Kambu, 56, (rewards for the capture of Kaliani, and
settlement of peace). Adab, 113a, 157a. Aurangzib was commanded to return to Bidar (according to Adab, 112b, 1986), or to Aurangabad (on the authority of Kambu, 56), which latter is very unlikely. Digitized by Microsoft Ⓡ
