History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v1.c12.41

v1.c12.41

Everywhere Aurangzib found signs of maladministration, the work of his predecessors. The actual collection was sometimes only onetenth of the normal assessment. Even Baglana, noted for its fertility, was in no better state than the other districts. "Baglana has not been well administered since Syed Abdul Wahhab's time," he writes to his father. And again, "the affairs of Painghat (Lowlands) are greatly in disorder,"—"the Deccan is in disorder, as it has not been governed well for the last ten years;"—"the *ryots* of the Ausa *mahal* complain of Uzbak Khan's oppression...and those of the Trimbak *parganah* about the tyranny of Darvish Beg Qaqshal."*