Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c10.s8.6

v1.c10.s8.6

The conflict began at noon. By that time the Indian troops had marched out of their trenches and drawn up in battle array on the field beyond them. The Afghāns began the attack. The fury of their assault first fell on the imperial vanguard. Abdālī’s chief commander Muhammad Taqi Khān Shirāzi assailed it at the head of 3,000 Qizilbāsh troops (i.e., Turks settled in Persia.) These according to their usual tactics made a succession of charges, each time galloping up, delivering a rapid volley, then quickly falling back as the imperialists pressed forward, and advancing again to the attack after being refreshed and reinforced. The fight in this quarter was most obstinate.