Later Mughals v1.c6.s17.16

v1.c6.s17.16

At the time of Govind's investment in Makhawal-Anandpur, he sent away his mother, Gujari, and his two sons, Fath Singh and Zorawar Singh.† They took shelter in the town of Sarhind; or as one account says,‡ they were captured by a force sent out by Wazir Khan, the faujdar of Sarhind, under the command of Khizr Khan, Malner, and his own Bakhshi or chief officer. At first, Wazir Khan is said to have treated the prisoners with kindness. But, at the suggestion of his chief subordinate, Saj Anand, Brahman, who frightened him by a picture of the Emperor's possible displeasure at his mildness, he resolved to put them to death. He asked Khizr Khan to do the deed, but he refused with scorn to undertake an executioner's work. One Karakchi Beg Mughal accepted the office, and although the children clung round their grandmother's neck, he tore them away and cut their throats in the poor woman's presence.§ Overcome with grief and horror, she fell down and expired on the spot.$