The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c26.19
The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c26.19
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*Sandbags*. In order to facilitate an attack, the ditch of a fort was at times filled up with sacks (*juwāl*, Steingass, 376), filled with earth. This was done at ‘Ālamgīr’s siege of Gūlkhandah in 1097 H. (1685-6), Khāfī Khān, ii, 356, line 1. We find these bags mentioned as part of the Sikh equipment when they advanced in 1710 against the town of Rāhūn in the Jālandhar *duābah*, Khāfī Khān, ii, 658, line 9, *o juwālah-hāe pur az reg, barāe mūrchāl bastan*, “and bags full of sand to make batteries”.