The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c26.23
The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c26.23
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*Temporary wall.* Another device was to surround a fortress with a temporary wall, leaving a few openings at which strong guards were posted, and no one was allowed to enter or come out without a pass. This was done by ʿĀlamgīr at Gūlkhandah in 1098 H. (1686-7), *Maāsir-i-ʿĀlamgīrī*, 296. The materials employed were trunks of trees and clay. A somewhat similar plan was resorted to by ʿAbd-uṣ-ṣamad Khān, when he invested Bandah, the Sikh, in Gurdāspur.