Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c15.s4.9

v1.c15.s4.9

The Court and chief men of Lahor called Muin-ul-mulk's son-in-law, Khwājah Musa Khan Ahrari,[*] to the vacant subahdarship, but all power lay in the hands of Mughlani Begam and was exercised by her eunuchs. Mir Mumin, the deputy governor, could do nothing. The government of the Panjab now visibly broke up; every one set up for himself, law and order disappeared from the realm, even the viceregal palace was looted. This brought first the Maratha and then the Afghan on the scene as the actual ruler, as we shall see later. [Miskin, 23; Siyar, iii. 51, Muz. 81.]