Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c47.s2.10
Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c47.s2.10
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v4.c47.s2.10
The former anarchy broke out again and was accompanied by a rapid succession of murders. The Mārwār royalty and nobles had specialised in assassination as a short cut to their personal objects. Already, about 10th August 1791, the aged and devoted minister Khub-chand Singhavi had been murdered by the Pāsbāni when attending her darbar†, and Khub-chand's brother Bije-chand and eldest son were killed and their women and children imprisoned and beaten. Gumān Singh (a younger son of the king) was poisoned by the same woman. (Sep. 1791, J.Y. p. 63.)