History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v5.c85.s6.44

v5.c85.s6.44

The drink habit was widely prevalent among the clerks, both of the Kayastha* and Khatri castes,—as well as among the Rajput soldiers. In spite of the prohibition of the Quran, the Muslim nobles and officers, both military and civil, were in many cases addicted to it. The Turks were specially notorious for their disobedience to this precept of their religion.