Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c21.s7.3

v2.c21.s7.3

Arrived there, Imād changed into a decent suit and promptly riding out with all his household troops and the contingents of Najib and Bahādur Khan Baluch, attacked the Badakhshis, proclaiming that his followers would be allowed to retain whatever plunder they took in the mutineers' camp. The Badakhshis fled away before the Ruhelas, abandoning all their property to plunder. Next day a force was sent to Delhi to arrest slay or expel every Badakhshi found anywhere and to seize their houses. The same confiscation was decreed against the Badakhshi officers posted in the jagirs assigned to this regiment. Thus, the Sindāgh, the best troops of the empire, were broken up and the wazir was left utterly without the means of making a stand against Najib Khan or any other enemy in future.