Editing Death by burning (section)

====As punishment for inebriation and tobacco smoking====
The 16th-/early-17th-century prime minister [[Malik Ambar]] in the [[Deccan Plateau|Deccan]] [[Ahmadnagar Sultanate]] would not tolerate inebriation among his subjects, and would pour molten lead down the mouths of those caught in that condition.<ref>''Eaton'' (2005), [https://books.google.com/books?id=DNNgdBWoYKoC&pg=PA121 p. 121]</ref> Similarly, in the 17th-century [[Sultanate of Aceh]], Sultan [[Iskandar Muda]] (r. 1607–36) is said to have poured molten lead into the mouths of at least two drunken subjects.<ref>''Peletz'' (2002), [https://books.google.com/books?id=q4TA4hjqjJ0C&pg=PA28 p. 28]</ref> Military discipline in 19th-century [[Burma]] was reportedly harsh, with strict prohibition of smoking [[opium]] or drinking [[arrack]]. Some monarchs had ordained pouring molten lead down the throats of those who drank, "but it has been found necessary to relax this severity, in order to conciliate the army."<ref>''Buckingham'' (1835), [https://books.google.com/books?id=qrhHAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA250 p. 250]</ref>

Shah [[Safi of Persia|Safi I]] of Persia is said to have abhorred [[Tobacco smoking|tobacco]], and apparently in 1634, he prescribed the punishment of pouring molten lead into the throats of smokers.<ref>''Berger, Sicker'' (2009), [https://books.google.com/books?id=4jjhnbu8ytEC&pg=PA6 p. 6]</ref>