Tarikh-i Chaghatay 1

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(Nadir Shah), calling Burhanu-l Mulk before him, sent him to the presence of Muhammad Shah, having determined upon this treaty, that the Emperor of Hindustan should come to have an interview with him, and that he should not be sparing of his money and goods. He on his part would hold fast to the treaty, and the sovereignty and the whole kingdom, as formerly, should remain in the possession of his brother monarch.
Burhanu-l Mulk was admitted to the presence for the purpose of delivering this message. Next morning Nizamu-l Mulk went before the Shah to arrange matters, and the Shah came as far as the door of the tent to meet him.
The following day Muhammad Shah proceeded there, riding in a light litter. As he entered the tent, Nadir Shah came respectfully forward, and they, taking one another's hands, sat down together upon the same masnad. The coffee-bearer first presented coffee to Nadir Shah, and he with his own hands courteously presented it to Muhammad Shah, and said, "Since you have done me the honour to come here, you are my brother, and may you remain happy in the empire of Hindustan."
After two hours, Muhammad Shah returned to his own camp, and diffused comfort among the dejected chiefs of Hindustan. It had been determined that both Kings should march together towards Shah-Jahanabad. So on Friday, the 8th of Zi-l hijja, in the year 1151 A.H. (8th March, 1739), the two Emperors reached Dehli. Nawab Burhanu-l Mulk was present there at the time, but on the following morning he died. On the night of the third day from that Friday, this extraordinary circumstance occurred, that some people of Hindustan raised a report that Muhammad Shah had made away with Nadir Shah. When this rumour spread through the city, every man cut down with his sword each vanquished one without compassion. The Persians, hearing of the murder of their master, lost all self-control, and three thousand or more of them were put to death.
About midnight, the officers of Nadir Shah, frightened and trembling, represented the state of affairs to the Shah. The Shah, angry at being aroused, said, "The men of my army are maliciously accusing the people of Hindustan, so that I should kill a number of them, and give the signal for plunder." But when this information was repeated over and over again to the Shah, he seized his sword, and in the Mosque of Rasadu-d daula (which is situated near the court of the superintendent of the police), he himself made that sword a standard, and issued the order for slaughter.
From that night till five hours of the following day, man, woman, animal, and every living thing which came under the eyes of the Persians, was put to the sword, and from every house ran a stream of blood. At last Muhammad Shah mounted, and went to the Shah to make intercession for God's people. Nadir Sháh, out of consideration for him, willingly acceded to his wishes, gave orders that the Persians should immediately cease from further slaughter, and desist from this unseemly work. In short, a proclamation of quarter was made, and the cry of this glad tidings resounded on all sides.
After this, Nádir Sháh remained for some days, and collecting a great deal of treasure and wealth, he set out towards the capital of Irán. On the way to Latti, the ruler of Sind, who had come out with hostile designs, was defeated by Nadir Sháh with very little trouble, and obliged to submit. On the day Nadir Sháh set out for the capital of Irán, a notice was sent to Fulad Khan, the superintendent of the police of Hindustan, intimating that not one of the Persians remained in Hindustan.