Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c13.s5.11

v1.c13.s5.11

His starving soldiers daily dunned him for the arrears of their pay and made his life unbearable. So, in disgust he shut himself up in his mansion, dismissed his retainers and gave up visiting the Court or doing any official work. To his friends’ remonstrances he used to reply, “There is no Emperor here. Why should we go to the *darbār* of a eunuch to be insulted? To whom shall I state my case that I may be heard?”