"[Muhammad Shah had vowed to slaughter 100,000 infidels in the attack and] ‘the massacre of the unbelievers was renewed in so relentless a manner that pregnant women and children at the breast even did not escape the sword.’... About ten thousand of the enemy were slain in the pursuit; but the King’s thirst for vengeance being still unsatisfied, he command- ed the inhabitants of every place around Beejanuggur to be massacred. ... At this time, a favourite remarked to the King, that he had only sworn to slaughter one hundred thousand Hindus, and not to destroy their race altogether. The King replied, that though twice the number required by his vow might have been slain, yet till the Ray satisfied the musicians, be would neither make peace nor spare the lives of his subjects. To this the ambassadors. who had full powers, immediatdy agreed, and the money was paid on the instant. ... The ambassadors, seeing the King pleased, bowed their foreheads to the ground, and besought him to hear from them a few words. Being permitted to speak, they observed, that no religion required the innocent to be punished for the crimes of the guilty, more especially helpless women and children : if Krishna Ray had been in fault, the poor and feeble inhabitants had not been accessory to his errors. Mahomed Shah replied, that the decrees of Providence had ordered what had been done, and that he had no power to alter them."