. India; . With downcast eyes,they stood before him, till the Persian warrior grufflybade them speak. The unhappy Emperor burst intotears and raised his hands appealingly. Put an end to this horror, I entreat you 1 hecried. Spare, oh, spare my miserable people 1 Nadir Shah gave the word that the slaughtershould cease. Such was the marvellous disciplineamong his troops that the instant the order wasreceived every sword was sheathed. The massacreended as suddenly as it had begun. And so thecurtain of night at length descended upon one of thesaddest scenes in history, and from their place in theh
. India; . With downcast eyes,they stood before him, till the Persian warrior grufflybade them speak. The unhappy Emperor burst intotears and raised his hands appealingly. Put an end to this horror, I entreat you 1 hecried. Spare, oh, spare my miserable people 1 Nadir Shah gave the word that the slaughtershould cease. Such was the marvellous disciplineamong his troops that the instant the order wasreceived every sword was sheathed. The massacreended as suddenly as it had begun. And so thecurtain of night at length descended upon one of thesaddest scenes in history, and from their place in theheavens the great stars gazed calmly down upon a citygiven over to weeping and wailing—its marble palacesblack with the fire of the destroyer, its streetsrunning red with the blood of its murdered people. But the punishment of Delhi was not yet over. The massacre was but a prelude to the plunder which followed. All the vast stores of treasure and jewels which the wealth of the mighty Moghul emperors had 46. The first sight that met his gaze was the bodies of his murdered countrymen AN EMPIRE IN ITS DEATH-GRIPS accumulated were annexed by the Persian the peacock throne did not escape. The greatnobles were obliged to forfeit their possessions,and the common people were plundered with everyimaginable cruelty. At the gates of the city strong guards wereposted that none might leave it while the extortionwas in progress. Every man was forced to state theamount of his fortune, and to pay died of the ill-treatment they received;many more committed suicide rather than face thedisgrace and the torture. Sleep and rest forsookthe city. In every chamber and house was heard thecry of affliction. It was before a general massacre;but now the murder of individuals. But the primecause of all this misery was not allowed to Shah demanded of the treacherous noblemanthe whole of the sum he had said his province wasable to furnish; and the wretched man
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