Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c27.s29.7
Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c27.s29.7
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v2.c27.s29.7
Another eye-witness of the battle was Md. J'afar Shāmlu, then the chief manager of Shah Pasand Khan. But he wrote 35 years after the battle, without any notes, and solely trusting to his memory. Though he boasts, "It is most probable that none knows more about this battle than the author (i.e., Shāmlu)... Whatever any other man narrates contrary to my statements...is falsehood pure and simple, and deserves no credence,"—yet his narrative is often wrong and his numbers grossly inflated, a reduction to one-tenth being necessary in most cases before we can reach the truth! He gives no details of the battle at all comparable to Kashiraj's. [Br. Mus. Persian Or. 1895.]