Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c42.s2.t1.129

v3.c42.s2.t1.129

Zalim’s policy was to create, as regarded himself, a kind of balance of power; to overawe one leader by his influence with another, yet, by the maintenance of a good understanding with all, to prevent individual umbrage, while his own strength was at all times sufficient to make the scale preponderate in his favour.