History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v5.c84.s6.t1.16

v5.c84.s6.t1.16

When Abdul Hamid Khan (the deputy governor) himself arrived with another army, his small force was surrounded by the exultant victors near the Baba Piara ford, all the chiefs including the deputy governor himself were taken prisoner, and their entire camp and baggage plundered. Then the Marathas levied *chauth* on the surrounding country and retired after plundering the towns and villages that failed to pay it. The Kolis had taken advantage of these disorders to rise and sack the rich trading centre of Baroda for two days. [*Mirat*, 378-388, *Dil.* ii. 156a, *Storia* iv. 246; see Ch. 57 § 11.]