The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.458

v3.c20.458

This insane policy produced its inevitable result. The king had declared war against a whole class of his servants and the ‘centurions’ of Dābhoī and Baroda in Gujarāt were the first to take up the challenge. Taking advantage of the dispatch by Muqbil, governor of Gujarāt, of the annual remittance of revenue from his province they fell upon the caravan and were enriched not only by the tribute but by quantities of merchandise which the merchants of Gujarāt were sending to Delhi under the protection of the convoy.