Fall of the Mughal Empire v3.c35.s10.2

v3.c35.s10.2

When day broke, Mirzā Najaf entered the fort and appointed Zain-ul-abidin Khan to prevent plunder and outrage by his troops. But it took three days to restore order, and Najaf Khan gained very little out of the spoils of his victory. In the citadel and the fortified mansion of Badan Singh the defenders held out for a day more, regardless of Sombre’s guns turned upon them at point-blank range. At night, after massacring their women in the Rajput fashion, the survivors sallied forth and were killed to a man, though they slew a greater number of their enemies.*