afrasyab

Updated: May 5, 2025

In 1783, when Afrasyab Khan was distracting the country by his ambitious attempts, occurred a failure of the periodical rains, followed by one of those tremendous famines which form such a fearful feature of Indian life.

H. G. (Henry George) Keene - Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan

The result of the capitulation was that the eldest son of the deceased Afrasyab received an estate, yielding a yearly revenue of a lakh and a half of rupees. The rest of the property valued at a crore, a sum then corresponding to a million of money, but really representing much more of our present currency was seized by Sindhia.

H. G. (Henry George) Keene - Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan

A period of confusion ensued, which ended for the time in the resignation of Afrasyab, who retired to his estate at Ajhir, leaving his interests at Court to be attended to by Majad-ud-daulah and by the converted Rajput Najaf Kuli.

H. G. (Henry George) Keene - Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan

Afrasyab, who had instigated this murder, profited by it, and succeeded to the post of his ambition, while the mind of the prince became still more anxious, and still more bent upon opening his case, if possible, in a personal interview with the English Governor. Meanwhile, the envoys of the latter were not less urgent on their employer to support the Emperor with an army.

H. G. (Henry George) Keene - Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan