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- Khan was unprepared for this sudden attack and tried to escape through the window. However, Shivaji had already entered his chamber and was successful in cutting his forefingers with his sword before he could escape. Though Shaista Khan escaped, his son, Abdul Fatih Khan along with forty attendants and six women were killed.
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On the night of 5 April 1663, Shivaji led a daring night attack on Shaista Khan's camp. He, along with 400 men, attacked Shaista Khan's mansion, broke into Khan's bedroom and wounded him. Khan lost three fingers. In the scuffle, Shaista Khan's son and several wives, servants, and soldiers were killed.
According to a tale, the Nawab lost three fingers while running from Shivray while his son was killed in an encounter with the Marathas in the palace courtyard. Several of his wives also perished. [14]
Abul Fath, a son of Shaista Khan, was the first to come to his father’s rescue. He successfully struck down two or three Marathas, but was slain thereafter. Another Mughal captain who was lodged just behind the harem enclosure found the gates of the harem closed from within by the Marathas.
About fifty Mughal soldiers, six elite women, six common women, many eunuchs, Shaista Khan's son, his son-in-law, some of his wives, and daughters-in-laws were killed in this attack. Shaista Khan was attacked in his bedroom and lost three of his fingers. He escaped, however.
Shaista Khan barely managed to escape with his life (although unconscious, he was taken to safety by his maids), losing in the process his thumb and two fingers, which Shivaji himself severed before Khan could take flight. Shaista Khan's son, Abul Fateh, was killed and so were several people from his entourage.
Afzal Khan's forces were thoroughly defeated. Afzal Khan's eldest son, Fazal Khan, barely managed to escape with his life (helped by Khandoji Khopade, the deshmukh of Bhor). Subsequently, an Afghan regiment from Bijapur was also decimated at Panhalgad.
Sivaji and Afzal Khan: The increasing power of Shivaji was a threat to the Sultan of Bijapur. But after the death of Adil Shah, the control over government passed into the hands of Queen Dowager, Bari Saheba. In 1659 she sent Afzal Khan at the head of ten thousand, soldiers “to bring back Sivaji dead or alive”.
