Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c30.t2.236

v2.c30.t2.236

Since the accession of Gaj Singh, only two years ago,¹ Salim Singh has extorted fourteen lakhs (£140,000). Bardhman, a merchant of great wealth and respectability, and whose ancestors are known and respected throughout Rajwara as Sahukars, has been at various times stripped of all his riches by the minister and his father, who, to use the phraseology of the sufferers, “ will never be satisfied while a rupee remains in Jaisalmer.”