Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c41.s2.8

v3.c41.s2.8

A circumstance that tended to increase this distrust was our tearing Wazir Ali from his sanctuary at Jaipur, which has cast an indelible stain upon the Kachhwaha name.³ We have elsewhere⁴ explained the privileges of saran, or 'sanctuary,' which, when claimed by the unfortunate or criminal, is sacred in the eye of the Rajput [379]. This trust we forced the Jaipur State to violate, though she was then independent of us. It was no excuse for the act that the fugitive was a foul assassin: we had no right to demand his surrender.⁵