Muntakhab al-lubab 174.4

174.4

The government of Nizamu-l Mulk, as we have recorded, began in peace, and ended with war, which lasted for one year and five months, and inflicted chastisement upon the enemy. Two or three years of Husain 'Ali Khan's government passed in quarrels with the Emperor, so that, although he raised a large army, he could not show the vigour that was necessary, nor effect such a settlement as he himself desired and the character of the Saiyids of Barha required. In the year 1130 A.H., acting upon the advice of Anwar Khan, one of the shaikh-zadas of Burhanpur, who were patronized by the Saiyids, and upon the counsel of other trusted nobles, he availed himself of the services of a Brahman named Sankaraji. This man had been one of the principal servants of Sivaji and Sambhaji, and in their confidence. After the conquest of Jinji, he entered the Imperial service, and acted as vakil of those Mahratta chiefs who had submitted and of some who had not. He was not wanting in the intelligence which is helped by fortune. Through Balaji Bishwanath and Jamnaji, brahmans, and most intelligent generals of Raja Sahu, a proposal of peace was made on these terms. There was to be paid to the officers of Rája Sáhú a fourth part of what the amíns, krorís, and shikkdárs collected as land revenue, and as sáïr from the government lands and from the jágírdárs.