Tarikh-i ʿAlamgir-i Thani 1.4

1.4

When (previous to this) Raghunath Rao, Malhar Rao, and the other Mahratta chiefs came to the aid of Ghaziu-d din, he pledged himself to pay them a large sum of money. Suraj Mal Jat also made peace with the Mahrattas ; they raised the siege of his fortress, and he recovered his lands. Ghaziu-d din and 'Akibat Khan then sent the Mahratta army against Ahmad Shah, who was at Sikandra. They plundered the royal army and made Nawab Malika Zamani Sahiba-mahal, Nazir Roz-afzun Khan, and many others prisoners. They plundered the ladies of their money and jewels, and calling together all the officers of the palace and great men who were there, they demanded payment of the promised money, declaring that they would not let the ladies go until it was paid. Ghaziu-d din and 'Akibat Mahmud Khan made themselves sureties for the payment of forty lacs, and the ladies were then sent to Dehli in a bullock carriage with an old tattered covering, such as they had never ridden in before. The Mahrattas crossed the river, encamped four kos out of the city, and there waited payment of the money. * *