Fall of the Mughal Empire v3.c35.s10.3

v3.c35.s10.3

Besides the abundance of arms, cannon, and munitions found in the fort, some buried treasure (said to amount to six lakhs) was secured by the Mirzā. But it was quite inadequate for discharging the long arrears of his soldiers' pay, and he was overwhelmed by their clamour. “His distress even after such a victory was so great that Najaf Quli and Afrāsiyāb proposed to him to give up the city of Agra to his army for plunder, on the condition that this concession would pay off everything which was due to them by the Nawab. But he rejected these vile counsels.” [Modave, 299. CPC. v. 306, 370.]