Muntakhab al-lubab 29.7

29.7

Two days afterwards Malik Jiwan, who had received the title of Bakhtiyár Khán, entered the city, and was passing through the streets of the bázár. The idlers, the partisans of Dárá Shukoh, the workmen and people of all sorts, inciting each other, gathered into a mob, and, assailing Jiwan and his companions with abuse and imprecations, they pelted them with dirt and filth, and clods and stones, so that several persons were knocked down and killed, and many were wounded. Jiwan was protected by shields held over his head, and he at length made his way through the crowd to the palace. They say that the disturbance on this day was so great that it bordered on rebellion. If the kotwál had not come forward with his policemen, not one of Malik Jiwan's followers would have escaped with life. Ashes and pots full of urine and ordure were thrown down from the roofs of the houses upon the heads of the Afghans, and many of the bystanders were injured. Next day the kotwál made an investigation, and it was ascertained that an ahadi (guardsman) named Haibat had taken a leading part in the disturbance. He was condemned by a legal decision, and was executed.