History of the Khaljis, A.D. 1290–1320 c11.95

c11.95

Meanwhile the Mughals had begun to raid the environs of Delhi. They had so completely encircled the metropolis that supplies of water, forage, firewood and all other necessaries of life had been stopped from coming into it and an acute scarcity of grain was felt. The Mughals on the other hand used to march in groups to places like the Chabūtras of Sub-hānī, Morī and Hudhī and even up to the Hauz-i-‘Alāī and lay hands upon grain and other stores of the market. Sometimes they even raided the city of Delhi itself and looted the royal granaries.