those which led to the political destruction of Poland,
because their constitution was weak and turbulent, and
because, therefore, they could not be trusted to hold
an important position on the frontiers of more powerful
States. The allegations that the country was ravaged
far and wide, and that the family of Háfiz Rehmat Khan
were cruelly treated by the Vizier, were investigated at
the time, and were proved by evidence to be unfounded
or very greatly exaggerated. The change of government
did not disturb the cultivation of the lands; and although
the families of the Rohilla chiefs were confined and sent
away into Oude, they were treated with no other severity.
The alleged depopulation of the country reduces itself,
on close examination, to the banishment out of Rohilcund
of about twenty thousand Rohilla Afghans found in
arms, out of a population of nearly a million, including
some seven hundred thousand Hindus. ¹
But it must be
admitted that for some years afterwards the Nawab's
officers governed Rohilcund very badly, and that the
people had reason to regret the able personal adminis-
tration of Háfiz Rehmat Khan.

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