[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Mughals (1526–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal) › [Later Mughals (1707–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later) › [Muntakhab al-lubāb](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab) › [Muntakhabu-l Lubab, of Khafi Khan (Elliot & Dowson, extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot) › 35.3 # Muntakhab al-lubab 35.3 Muntakhabu-l Lubáb, of Kháfí Khán (Elliot & Dowson, extracts) 35.3 - **Language:** English ### [35.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.35.3) Whenever he heard of a prosperous town, or of a district inhabited by thriving cultivators, he plundered it and took possession of it. Before the jagirdars in those troublous times could appeal to Bijapur, he had sent in his own account of the matter, with presents and offerings, charging the jagirdars or proprietors with some offence which he had felt called upon to punish, and offering to pay some advanced amount for the lands on their being attached to his own jagir, or to pay their revenues direct to the Government. He communicated these matters to the officials at Bijapur, who in those disturbed times took little heed of what any one did. So when the jagirdar's complaint arrived, he obtained no redress, because no one took any notice of it. The country of the Dakhin was never free from commotions and outbreaks, and so the officials, the raiyats, and the soldiery, under the influence of surrounding circumstances, were greedy, stupid, and frivolous; thus they applied the axe to their feet with their own hands, and threw their wealth and property to the winds. The greed of the officials increased, especially in those days when the authority of the rulers was interrupted, or their attention diverted. In accordance with the wishes of this disturber, the reins of authority over that country fell into his hands, and he at length became the most notorious of all the rebels. - [Previous: 35.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.35.2) - [Next: 35.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.35.4) - [Up: 35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.35) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.35.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.35.3) · Pramāṇa