Riyaz al-salatin 111.6.1
The Riyazu-s-salatin (Abdus Salam) 111.6.1
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111.6.1
Time itself with the sword in hand is always after retribution; What need is there for anyone to seek for retaliation? Nawab Mahabat Jang, shewing considerateness, paid travelling expenses to the Afghan ladies, and allowed them to depart honourably to Darbhanga, and followed the adage "Turn Evil by Good." Appointing Siraju-d-daulah, son of Zainu-d-din Ahmad Khan, to be Subadar of Azimabad, in succession to his father, and leaving Rajah Janaki Ram as Siraju-d-daulah's Deputy there, and finishing the administrative arrangements of that Subah, Mahabat Jang returned to Bengal, in order to drive out the Mahratta freebooters.