Later Mughals v2.c15.s8.4

v2.c15.s8.4

On reaching Jaitpur Muhammad Khan put it so far as he was able in a state of defence. But there were no stores of food and no time to procure any. When the Mahrattas returned, having defeated Qaim Khan, they invested the town and fort, into which Muhammad Khan had withdrawn. The besiegers could make no impression on the place and resolved to starve it into surrendering. For close on four months the garrison held out under the most heart-rending conditions. The only food was the flesh of the gun-bullocks and of the troopers' horses ; flour could not be procured at a hundred Rupees the seer. Many men died of starvation ; many deserted ; all who gave up their arms were allowed to pass out. [Warid 11b, Khush-hal 1049-1052.]