Later Mughals v1.c6.s26.5

v1.c6.s26.5

∗ Yahya (116b) speaks of his servants' poverty before he attained the throne. At night-time some would come out to beg and many resorted to the imperial alms-distribution (langar) and took the cooked rice and pulses given to beggars and lived on that food. When they got pay they were again well off. This applied to all except a few favourites. The state of things arose because whenever news came that money was on the way the favourites would take 20,000, 40,000 or 50,000, 1 lakh or 2 lakhs of Rupees. What was by chance left was devoted to his own necessities—sometimes he paid it to his servants.