Storia do Mogor 108.2

108.2

To put in execution such a plan, he availed himself of the custom among the Moguls of sounding their military music eight times in the day and night upon the anniversary of the king's coronation. This takes place near the headquarters of the general — namely, in the morning at six, at nine, at noon, at three in the afternoon, at six, at nine, at midnight, and at three of the next day. For his purpose he chose the hour of midnight, at the time the musicians began to play. Some of Shiva Ji's soldiers, pretending to belong to the household of Shaistah Khan, went back and fore saying to the musicians that, as it was a night of rejoicing, the Nawab wished them to make a great sound with their instruments, the whole of them playing together. This was done that no one might hear when they were digging into the house.