Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c14.s1.12

v1.c14.s1.12

Qāim Khan, shot through the forehead, lay dead in his hāuda. His driver was leading the elephant out of the field when two Ruhela troopers overtook it, robbed the dead chief of his rich clothes and jewels, and cut off his head. The Afghān victory was complete; Qāim Khan himself, with several of his brothers and nearly all his captains, had fallen on the field. A vast amount of booty with all his guns and elephants fell into the victors' hands. The chivalrous Hāfiz Rahmat had the head of Qaim Khan sewn on to his trunk, covered the corpse with shals, placed it in a palki, and sent it with due honour to Farrukhabad for burial. He also showed wise moderation in the hour of victory. All the possessions of the Bangash house on the left or eastern bank of the Ganges (except three parganahs) were annexed by the Ruhela regent no doubt, but he dissuaded his victory-flushed clansmen from crossing the river and invading Qāim Khan’s territories on its western bank, saying that the Afghāns should not destroy one another by intestine war.*