Fall of the Mughal Empire v3.c41.s3.2

v3.c41.s3.2

∗ Ajmer lost.—The fort was in charge of a brother of Mirza Rahim Beg. Sher Khan jamadar was defending it, but his family lived in the city, below the fort. When the Jodhpur Rajah took the city on 27 Aug. almost without a blow,—"Mahadji's subahdar did not fire even for an hour,"—the victors placed piquets on the houses where Sher Khan's wives and children lived, and these latter took poison in fear of being dishonoured. [Sat. i. 120 Akh. SJ. ms. 188, 194. MD. ii. 154.] For some time Ambaji Inglé and Jivaji Bakhshi fought Rodoji Khawas outside Ajmer city and provisioned the fort, but they were expelled by the Rajputs in October. [Ibr. iii.