The unscrupulous use of Sanctity brings Caution
Law of Power
Judgment:
The unscrupulous use of Sanctity brings Caution
The effect of unscrupulous use of sanctity can bring you great
hazard even can endanger your life. By using this rule against any one you can
destroy the most common trust that links you with common people. You can
probably end up making so many enemies who can easily harm you without even
coming to your observations. Sometimes your own people can conspire against
you.
TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW:
Towards
the end of 1763, arose a quarrel between the Jats and the Baloch. At that time
Jat community was led by Maharaja Suraj Mal (13
February 1707 - 25 December 1763) (महाराजा
सूरज
मल,
भरतपुर) was
ruler of Bharatpur in
Rajasthan in India. He has been described by a contemporary historian as
"the Plato of Jats" and by a modern writer as the "Jat
Ulysses", because of his political sagacity, steady intellect and clear
vision. He was one of the greatest warriors and ablest statesmen ever borne in
India.
He ordered his son Jawahar Singh to
direct his attack upon Farrukhnagar, held by a powerful Baloch chief, Musavi
Khan. But he having failed to capture it, Suraj Mal himself came and laid siege
to strong fort of Farrukhnagar in October, 1763, with all his forces and big
artillery. Two months passed away and Musavi Khan being hard pressed, consented
to surrender it if Suraj Mal would take an oath on the Ganges water not to
hinder his departure. But the Jat on this occasion made the same
unscrupulous use of the sanctity of the Ganges as that of the Quran by some
Muslim rulers. The Baloch chief was made a prisoner and sent to Bharatpur.
Thus, after a siege of two months, the fort of Farrukhnagar,
along with all its effects came in the Jat possession on about 12 December 1763.
Garhi Harsaru, Rewari and Rohtak had
already fallen into the hands of Suraj Mal. He now turned his arms against
Bahadurgarh, about 12 kos to the west of Delhi, the strong-hold of another
powerful Baloch chief Bahadur Khan. In his distress, the Baloch chief appealed
for help to Najib-ud-daula, who however judged it inexpedient to provoke a war
with Suraj Mal, before the arrival of the Abdali.
By the year 1763, the Jat power under
Suraj Mal had reached such a glorious height, as had never been attained before.
Owner of a spacious kingdom, of the richest and overflowing treasury, and
of the most formidable and gallant troops unrivalled in contemporary India, as
Suraj Mal was, little wonder that needy persons like Mir Qasim of Bengal,
turned their eyes for help to him.
Fight between Suraj Mal and Najib
The Baloch incident, in turn,
precipitated a clash between Suraj Mal and Najib-ud-daula, both of whom looked
with an evil eye at each other. The allies of Najib had succumbed to the Jat
stratagem only two days before he could reach Delhi (14 December 1763). Najib,
dreading the tremendous strength of his foe, attempted to placate him more than
once. But Suraj Mal was so much annoyed with his conduct that all his efforts
proved to be of no avail.
The mediators sent by Ruhela chief
failed to pacify him. The couriers came back disgusted to Najib on 23 December
1763. Suraj Mal, leaving Jawahar Singh with a strong garrison at
Farrukhnagar, crossed the Yamuna south of Delhi and stayed on the west bank and
burnt the villages in neighbourhood of Ghaziabad. Thereafter the Jats returned
south of Delhi. The Ruhela chief, on getting this news, marched out of Delhi
with his forces and stood in garden of Khizrabad within four miles of the Jat
troops. But he repaired to the city without engaging them in a battle.
Meanwhile, Suraj Mal, detaching his baggage, again crossed Yamuna and encamped
on the other side. making a last minute desperate bid, Najib sent his
agents with a present of two pieces of beautiful Multan chintz and a message to
Suraj Mal expressing his superiority but a request to go back. This appeal
failed to calm down the exasperated Jat Raja who sent a challenging reply on 24
December 1763. The die was caste now. Najib-ud-daula, taking Gulab Singh Gujar,
Sayyid Muhammad Khan Baloch (Siyyidu), Afzal Khan, Zaibita Khan and all his
troops, less than 10000 in number, crossed the Yamuna two hours before dawn and
took post on the west bank of the Hindan, 10 miles south-east of Delhi. Suraj
Mal with his army of at least 25000 strong and heavy artillery pulled up
opposition to them. Several small engagements occurred in which the Jats
displayed their superiority. Cannonading was also resorted to between the two
sides which lasted till 3 pm. Thereafter, Suraj Mal tried to surround his foes
from three sides, deploying 5000 men to Najib’s rear. About sunset (the same
day i.e. Sunday, 25 December 1763), Suraj Mal while watching
the movements of the troops with small retinue, was killed by Siyyidu and his
men who most probably lay in ambush for him. As usually happens in such cases,
the leaderless Jats, overwhelmed with shock decamped the same night (25-26
December 1763), thereby conceding to Najib-ud-daula “a victory which no one had
expected,” The Jesuit observer aptly says that Najib and his men “were
victorious without knowing it.
Interpretation:
Raja Surajmal was very powerful
leader, he had great army but the use of sanctity arose a strong feeling of revenge
in minds of his enemies, his enemies used his deed to integrate different
leaders to fight against him. Though he had vast army who could have destroyed every
army fighting against him but he forgot to increase his security. This gave his
enemies a chance to directly attack him and eventually ended killing him.
Keys to power:
When you are attempting a tool of
power which can bring you enemies you should become more aware of your
conditions. After attaining power you should crash all the evident of your unscrupulous
use of Sanctity. This will bring you power and will protect you from bringing
more enemies.
“If
someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody
else again.”
― Malcolm X
― Malcolm X
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