W.P. Gazetteer_, 1st ed., vol. vii, p. 619)
17. We besieged and took Bharatpur in order to rescue the young
prince, our ally, from his uncle, who had forcibly assumed the office
of prime minister to his nephew. As soon as we got possession, all
the property we found, belonging either to the nephew or the uncle,
was declared to be prize-money, and taken for the troops. The young
prince was obliged to borrow an elephant from the prize agents to
ride upon. He has ever since enjoyed the whole of the revenue of his
large territory. [W. H. S.] The final siege and capture of Bharatpur
by Lord Combermere took place in January, 1826. The plundering, as
Metcalfe observed, 'has been very disgraceful, and has tarnished our
well-earned honours'. All the state treasures and jewels, amounting
to forty-eight lakhs of rupees, or say half a million of pounds
sterling, which should have been made over to the rightful Raja, were
treated as lawful prize, and at once distributed among the officers
and men. Lord Combermere himself took six lakhs (Marshman, _History
of India_, ed., 1869, vol. ii, p. 409).
18. The 'little dingy mosque' was built over the cave in which the
saint dwelt, and was presented to him by the local quarry-men.
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