Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c10.s3.5

v1.c10.s3.5

Zakariyā Khān’s crowning act of nobleness was done for the relief of humble sufferers who had none else to befriend them and who could not do him any benefit in return. Nādir Shāh greatly loved him, and when passing by Lāhor on his withdrawal from India he pressed Zakariyā Khān to ask for a personal favour, but the only boon that he asked of the world-conqueror was the liberation of the artisans and other people of Delhi whom Nādir was dragging away with him to Persia. Nādir agreed, and thousands of Indian homes, far away from the Panjāb were rendered happy by this nobleman's unselfish generosity. [M. U. ii. 106.]