Storia do Mogor 354.4.5

354.4.5

At that time the qãzi of Súrat found himself there ; he had gone not only to amuse himself, but to make rent collections from, and audit the accounts of, his villages. The unhappy man was unable to flee before the arrival of the Mahrattah troops, and he was taken prisoner. They pierced his hands, passed a cord through the holes, and dragged him about everywhere in the country, demanding money from him and a statement of where his hoards were buried. From these tortures he died. This was a merited punishment, for the man was not only an oppressor, but an unjust judge. The Mahrattah princess, widow of Rãm Rãj and mother or the new prince, Shivã Jí, caused the head of the general, Danojado, to be struck off. His crime was that he had not, as he ought to and could have done, made a prisoner of Dã,úd Khãn; another crime was that he had not conquered the kingdom of the Karnãtik [120]. On the contrary, he had retreated from that conquered country after the payment to him of some sums of money by the aforesaid Dã,ud Khãn. At this punishment all the captains and soldiers rejoiced.