Agreement of Trust

Rewari Kingdom, Inner palace of Bawal, afternoon of 7th March 1557

After meeting with the prisoners, Aditya worked with the dungeon authorities to compile a list of the captured maulvis. He carefully categorized their names into Ashraf and Ajlaf groups. He then instructed Ratnakar to bring in the remaining maulvis from the associated madrasas, targeting only those from the Ashraf communities.

The maulvis from the Ajlaf communities were to be rewarded, portrayed as loyal subjects who had exposed the traitors colluding with the Mughals. To prevent any disturbance, Aditya strongly emphasized that the Ashraf maulvis should be gagged and avoid any audience.

Ratnakar, looking confused, asked, "Sir, how will this strategy help us?"