Gul-i Rahmat 1.1.6

1.1.6

On receipt of this document, the Mahrattas sent the family of Zabita Khan to Shuja'u-d daula and Hafiz Rahmat; they then crossed the Ganges and proceeded towards Shah-Jahanabad. * * When Hafiz Rahmat heard that Zabita Khan's family had reached Bareilly, he took leave of Shuja'u-d daula and General Parker, and went to Pilibhit. * * After some days, Hafiz Rahmat called upon the chiefs of Katehr for the money he had become responsible for at their solicitation, and for which he had given his bond to Shuja'u-d daula. They all began to lament their destitute condition, and made all sorts of excuses and evasions. Unable to do what he wished, Hafiz Rahmat did what he could, and sent the sum of five lacs out of his own treasury to Shuja'u-d daula. * * The wakils of Mahaji Sindhia and Taku Holkar, chiefs of the Mahrattas, waited upon Hafiz Rahmat, and informed him that their chiefs were about to attack the territories of Shuja'u-d daula, and that if he would join them, he should receive half of whatever territory should be conquered. If he declined to join them, they would respect his country, and return to him Shuja'u-d daula's bond for the forty lacs of rupees, no part of which had been paid, and give up all claim on that account, provided he would allow them a passage, and would make no opposition to their crossing the Ganges. In reply to these proposals, Hafiz Rahmat requested time for consideration.