The Nāṣirī Generations 271.3.6

271.3.6

Petis de la Croix, who often quotes “the great Raschid,” very correctly says [page 382]: There is no likelihood that the barbarous custom, which has since been practised amongst the Tartars and Moguls, to kill those they meet in the way, when they are carrying to the grave the body of a Grand Can, was at this time observed; for the historians mention no such thing, and, besides, this custom is not countenanced by the law.” The custom of burial among the Mughals is given in detail by our author farther on.