The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.225

v4.c20.225

Corruption at court had reached a climax. Raushan-ud-Daula had been appointed minister on the dismissal of Qamar-ud-dīn Khān, as a measure to break the power of the Turanian faction. He was found to have been appropriating half of the sum of one million two hundred thousand rupees which the province of Kābul contributed annually to the imperial exchequer and to have dealt similarly with other large sums of money. He was dismissed from his post, his accounts were examined, and it was discovered that he was indebted to the state in twenty million rupees. The whole sum was recovered and Khān Daurān was appointed minister in his place. Shāh ‘Abdul-Ghafūr, a warm partisan of the Turanian party, was found to have accumulated a fortune from the proceeds of bribery in the administration of crown lands. He was sent as a prisoner to Bengal, and his house was found to contain twenty million rupees in cash, besides much valuable property.