[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Later Mughals](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.irvine-1922) › v2.c19.s2.5 # Later Mughals v2.c19.s2.5 Later Mughals v2.c19.s2.5 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.irvine-1922.v2.c19.s2.5) The slaughter began about 9 o'clock in the morning and raged unchecked till about 2 P.M. Then Muhammad Shah in utter humility sent his highest nobles, the Nizam and the Wazir, to beg the victor to abate his anger and pardon his erring subjects. \[\*Jahan\* 359.\] Nadir listened to the prayer, because he took no pleasure in wanton bloodshed, and had only ordered the massacre as a measure of self-defence in imaginary fear of a universal rising of the Indian population. \[\*Harcharan.\*\] - [Previous: v2.c19.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.irvine-1922.v2.c19.s2.4) - [Next: v2.c19.s2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.irvine-1922.v2.c19.s2.6) - [Up: v2.c19.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.irvine-1922.v2.c19.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.irvine-1922.v2.c19.s2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.irvine-1922.v2.c19.s2.5) · Pramāṇa