Storia do Mogor 238.6.3

238.6.3

There is also another tribe called Mevattj (Mewati). They are good horsemen, also enterprising thieves [75] and robbers. Nowadays they have no cavalry, because King Shahjahan called upon the Rajah Jai Singh to destroy them, and said he would make him a present of the lands he conquered. He, like a brave and prudent captain, soon overcame them. They live among hills ; the chief men he beheaded, disarmed the rest, and forced them to live in the open country. The son of their chief man was made a eunuch by Shahjahan. It was he who commanded at Bhakkar, as spoken of in my First Part (I. 219, 225, 262). He was called Khwajah Basant; and he remained faithful to Prince Dara at the fortress of Bhakkar. When I passed through this region I saw upon the hills many villages, which were not then destroyed. The greater part of this tribe lives upon robbery.