Shri Shiv Chatrapati Caritr 18: Sivaji enlists Pathan Deserters from the Bijapur Army.

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Ch. [33] Five to seven hundred Pathans, deserters from the Bijapur service, came for employment to the Raja. There arose a question about the prudence of employing them. "The Sultan of Bijapur is our enemy and these are Muhammadans, how can we rely on them?" To this remark, Gomaji Naik Pansambal Havaldar, (whose service had been transferred by Jadhava Rav at the time of Jija Bai's marriage, and who had been promoted in rank for his faithful services) answered, "You wish to invade foreign dominions. If those who have come are not kept, why will good men from those kingdoms come to you?" This counsel was deemed excellent and they were enlisted.