Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c10.s4.26

v1.c10.s4.26

The rich capital of the Panjāb lay utterly undefended. Next morning (12th January) Mir Mumin and other faithful officers of the late Zakariyā Khān, who had been kept in confinement by Hayātullah, went on a mission of entreaty to Abdālī’s tent. For a ransom of 30 lakhs of Rupees, the Afghān victor agreed to spare the city from a sack, and sent his provosts to keep his soldiers back from entering Lāhor. A good deal of plunder, however, unavoidably took place in the collapse of all government.