The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.267
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.267
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On 16 May Nādir Shāh left Delhi carrying with him his immense booty. Different authorities estimate the cash alone at amounts varying from eight to more than thirty million sterling, besides jewels, plate, cash, stuffs and other valuable property. The emperor also took with him a thousand elephants, seven thousand horses, ten thousand camels, a hundred eunuchs, a hundred and thirty writers, two hundred builders, a hundred masons, and two hundred carpenters. By a decree issued from Delhi Nādir Shāh generously remitted all taxes throughout Persia for a period of three years.