Later Mughals v1.c9.s12.1

v1.c9.s12.1

The opening of the reign was marked by many executions and other severities to men belonging to the defeated party, and such terror of strangulation spread among the nobles who had held office during the reigns of Alamgir and Bahadur Shah, that every time they started for the audience, they took a formal farewell of their wives and children. The whole of these severities are attributed, and apparently with truth, to the influence of Mir Jumla.* Although it involves a slight break in the chronological order, these events will be grouped together.