History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v5.c85.s3.2

v5.c85.s3.2

The waste of army horses was terrible. In the news-letters, we constantly read of commanding officers begging for the grant of horses, as their troopers had lost their animals in the campaigns.. Bhimsen describes how Nusrat Jang's cavalry had mostly to march on foot after a long chase of the Marathas. [*Dil.* ii. 135b.] This loss had to be made good by the Government every year purchasing remounts in Afghanistan through its subahdar, and in Surat from Persian and Arab importers, as well as by sending an agent of its "Purchase Officer" stationed at Surat to Persia for buying horses there and sending them to India. [*Akhbarat.*]