The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c26.58

c26.58

Bangarh was now surrounded by the imperialists. Kalyān Singh, rājah of Kumāon, who had recently suffered from an irruption of the Rohelahs, joined the army as an ally. Round the fort was a thick screen of bambus "through which the wind found its way with difficulty". Labourers and axemen were set to work to cut this hedge down, and batteries were erected. But the army and its commanders were only half-hearted in their exertions, many nobles had passed long years at court and had never seen a skirmish or heard the roar of cannon, and others again blamed the wazīr for bringing them to do a work which he did not care to do himself. The remarks just referred to caused great annoyance to Qamr-ud-dīn Khān; so much so, that Ḥaiyāt-ullah Khān, Hizbar Jang, (son of Saif-ud-Daulah Zakarīyah Khān, and son-in-law of the wazīr), begged urgently for leave to advance and end the matter.