Storia do Mogor 356.2.4

356.2.4

In the territory of the King of Persia there was a rebellion of the Baloch tribe, of whom I spoke in my First Part (I. 246, III. 75) when treating of the tribes in Hindustan who dwell on the borders between the Mogul country and Persia. These people attacked and ravaged several provinces of Persia. The king sent a division of soldiers to allay the tumult and subdue their pride. But the army was defeated and routed. Then his Majesty ordered a general called Gurgi Kam (Gurgln Khãn), a Georgian by race, to proceed with an army and reduce the country to order. The general carried out his Majesty's orders, and had the good fortune to overcome the rebels. Not content, however, with that success, he entered their country at the head of his army, putting the whole country to fire and sword. He burnt down houses with entire families and killed the prisoners in the most brutal way. The principal men he roasted on spits. The little unweaned infants he dragged from their mothers' breasts and hacked to pieces, while other mothers were cut open. By these means he intimidated the tribe and brought it under subjection, and made it obedient to the king. When this general found himself thus victorious, he asked his Majesty's permission to invade the Mogul kingdom in order to [195] eradicate entirely the above tribe ; but his Majesty would not consent to his application.