Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c10.s8.4

v1.c10.s8.4

At Mānupur Abdāli’s army is most correctly estimated at not more than 12,000 troopers and the imperialists at between 60 and 70 thousand [TAh. 5b.] Siyar, iii. 19 makes an underestimate, ‘Abdali’s forces did not exceed 6 or 7 thousand’, while Anandram 332 exaggerates the number to ‘nearly 30,000 troopers.’ The Delhi army is swollen by rumour to ‘more than 2 lakhs of men and 200 pieces of cannon’ [Mujmil. 100], and even 2½ lakhs [Husain Shāhi, 24.] The force with which Abdali had marched upon Lahor is given by Ashub ii. 454 as 6 to 7 thousand (an underestimate), by Husain Shāhi as 12,000 (most likely), and by Anandram 312 as 25,000 (inflated.) TAh 7b makes a self-contradictory slip, placing Safdar J. in the Left W. and Ishwari S. in the Right Wing.