The Nāṣirī Generations 263.2.8

263.2.8

and sent a person of his own, with a party of Mughals, to receive the amount. The Mughals went and brought back with them the persons named, and, with the aid of the rack and other tortures, succeeded in extorting the money; and, besides these unfortunates, nearly 10,000 other persons were tortured to death. After this, the Majir-ul-Mulk was mutilated by having his ears, nose, and lips cut off—the fashion of the Sag-lab Montenegrin and Bulgarian “heroes” of the present day—and then yoked [to a plough], he had them driven over [the area on put to death. Orders were then issued by this fiend in human form to destroy the city, and massacre the inhabitants. The Mughals poured in, and continued to expel the inhabitants, whom they drove out into the plain. Four days were occupied in separating the males from the females, and then, after the selection of a few young females for captivity, and about 400 artisans, the whole of the remainder were butchered, and not a soul was left alive.