The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.260
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.260
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v4.c20.260
During the tumult two Mughal officers, believing Nādir Shāh to be dead and desiring to be in a position to overawe the foreign troops in the capital, had gone with a force of four hundred and seventy men to the imperial elephant stables, slain the Persian in charge and possessed themselves of the elephants.