Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c22.s7.4

v2.c22.s7.4

“In the morning of the 17th, Jahān Khan’s foragers again appeared on the other side of the Jamuna and stayed there till noon. The wazir went to the sandy bank of Rajghat, and planted some guns, but there was no cannonier! So, he stood under the *jharoka* balcony, on the river bank, in battle array, merely gazing* at the enemy troopers on the other side, for some hours! All people advised him to go out and fight at least one battle, so as to remove the brand of infamy from their foreheads; the only pacifist was, (characteristically enough,) a Kashmiri, named Ibādullah Khan. In the evening, after the invaders had retired [to their camp], a party of Marathas and other soldiers crossed the river and roved from Patparganj to Mir Zebā’s garden, but there was no Abdali troop there at that time, and they came back to Delhi at sunset.” [TALS. 91a-92b, DC.]