Fall of the Mughal Empire v3.c41.s2.23

v3.c41.s2.23

After the retreat from Lalsot, as throughout the preceding campaign, Mahadji's worst troubles were caused by his want of money. He had exhausted his cash and credit alike, and his seemingly vast dominions in Hindustan were yielding no revenue. This insolvency subjected him to daily humiliations after the retreat from Lalsot. On 14th August, "His funds being exhausted, when the envoys of his soldiers became most insistent for payment, he placed the ornaments of his wives before his court and said, 'This is the jāidād that I have.' Rana Khan remarked, 'What will this quantity amount to?'" [Akh. SJ. ms. 83.]