Later Mughals v1.c8.s12.9

v1.c8.s12.9

Chabela Ram's arrival was most opportune, and from the money in his possession, he now began to advance fifteen thousand Rupees a day. Farrukh-siyar also borrowed from some merchants of Bengal and Patna, who joined the camp and travelled with it, the terms being sawai, or a return of the principal and 25 per cent., plus promises of titles and rank. The Prince's troops had been in great distress on the march. His leaders, nay he himself, only received every now and then a little khichri, (a poor man's dish, made of pulse and spices), and the day that they got this food was counted as a festival (Id). The common soldiers lived on what they could pick up in the fields, such as green leaves (saq), pumpkins (kaddu) and the like. The horses got little or no grass or grain.*