[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Storia do Mogor](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci) › [Storia do Mogor (Irvine)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine) › 281.1.4 # Storia do Mogor 281.1.4 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 281.1.4 - **Language:** English ### [281.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.281.1.4) From this cause there is nearly always great scarcity in the king's camp, and the price of provisions is very high — so much so that one measure of rice weighing no more than twenty-eight ounces has been at times sold for eighteen rupees. It was about the same time that a general of Shah 'Alam's cavalry, that prince being then in the province of Kabul, came to him and complained that one 'Aziz Khan, commanding a corps of five hundred horse, had raised a quarrel with him, and had displayed his anger in some sharp and abusive words, his soldiers having backed him up and encouraged him in his insolent attitude. Their reasons were that a great deal of money was owing to them, and that for many a day they had received nothing. \[2A\] The enquiring reader should recollect that in the Third Part (III. 22, 27) of this history I spoke of the great pay and allowances that the Mogul gives to the commanders of his armies, the other officers, and, generally speaking, to all his troops; and I have said there that the king gave to those who had a Hazari certain lands, from the income of which they were under an obligation to maintain one thousand horse. I ought to add that, in addition to that land, he gives as a favour one rupee a day for each horse. This makes three hundred and sixty-five thousand rupees a year for the thousand horses. - [Previous: 281.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.281.1.3) - [Next: 281.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.281.1.5) - [Up: 281.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.281.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.281.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.281.1.4) · Pramāṇa