The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c26.46
The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c26.46
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Qandahār. Dārā Shukoh had at the siege of Qandahār in 1063 H. (1653) four heavy guns, 30,000 iron shot, great and small, 1500 *mans* (60,000 lbs) of lead, 5000 *mans* (20,000 lbs) of gunpowder, 5000 artillerymen, 10,000 musketeers, 6000 pioneers, sappers and axemen, 500 *pakhālis* (men bringing water in large skins carried on animals), 3000 *aḥadīs*, 60 war elephants, and a great number of Brinjārīs (grain-carriers), Raverty, “Notes”, 22. There is a long account of the campaign, id., 23—28.