Note 41 — Chapter III · MUGHAL VICEROYS. a.d. 1573–1758. (continued 2)
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The Mirăt-i-Áhmedi (Persian Text, 311) adds that Bahlol’s following of Kasbátis was so poorly equipped that he had to mount many of them, for whom he could not find horses, on bullocks. The sense of security in the mind of the Ídar chief bred by contempt at the sight of this motley crowd was the chief cause of Bahlol’s success. ↑