Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c21.s5.30

v2.c21.s5.30

We read that in September 1754, the wazir’s soldiers were engaged in plundering the house of every man whom their informers represented as well dressed and well fed. They seized the householder and his women and would release them only after the payment of a ransom. No redress could be had even by appealing to the highest authority. “One day the wazir’s Afghan captain Subhān Khan with his company began to loot the house of Hakumat Rāi, the father-in-law of the daughter of Thākurdas (the head assistant of the Emperor’s harem superintendent). Thākurdas complained to the wazir, who sent Saif-ud-din Muhammad Khan to stop it; but this officer entered into a concert with Subhān Khan, severely beat Hakumat Rāi, and even threatened to dishonour Thākurdas himself, and the house was plundered of all its contents.” [*TALS.* 20.]