Later Mughals v1.c6.s29.16

v1.c6.s29.16

These fond hopes of a speedy and successful return were dissipated in a moment. That very night the Emperor fell ill and was not expected to recover, the Princes set their troops in motion and the roads to Lahor were rendered impassable by crowds of fugitives and their baggage. Bahadur Shah died on the 28th as they learnt from a friend at Court, and on the 29th Donna Juliana wrote advising them to take precautions against plundering. Thereupon they walled up the gate of one garden to which they transferred all the Company's goods, going in and out by the gate of the adjacent garden. Two hundred natives were enlisted as a guard.