Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c21.s7.7
Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c21.s7.7
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v2.c21.s7.7
A fortnight later, he moved to Luni with the Emperor to force the Ruhelas of the Trans-Ganges country to pay their long withheld tribute; but nothing came of the plan, as the wazir's artillerymen made a row for their arrears of pay and closed the ferry from Delhi to Luni, while the musketeers of the Delhi palace garrison seized the fort and completely stopped all ingress and egress. This trouble raged throughout the month of August and the first half of September, detaining the wazir and the whole Court at Luni. Afterwards the expedition was abandoned and the Emperor and his wazir had to sneak back to Delhi. [TALS. 75a-79a.]