Akhbar-i Mahabbat 6.1

6.1

Nawab Muzaffar Jang, grandson of Nawab Nizamu-l Mulk Asaf Jah, at the instigation of Husain Dost Khan, alias Chanda, a resident of Arkat (Arcot), joined the French of Phuljari (Pondicherry), and invaded Anwaru-d din Khan Shahamat Jang of Gopamau, who had been governor of Arkat from the time of the said Nawab Nizamu-l Mulk, with the intention of wresting the place from him. A great battle ensued, Nawab Shahamat Jang, however, having fought very boldly, and given proof of his valour, fell in the field. Nawab Nizamu-d daula Nasir Jang, the second son of Nawab Asaf Jah, who had succeeded him in the chiefship of the Dakhin after his death, on receiving the news of the defeat of his sister's son, marched to punish Muzaffar Jang with a body of 70,000 horse and a lac of foot-soldiers. Having reached the port of Phuljari, he engaged in battle on the 26th of Rabi'u-l akhir, 1163 A.H. (24th March, 1750 A.D.), and became victorious. Muzaffar Jang was captured alive. Nizamu-l Mulk passed the whole rainy season in Arkat.