Storia do Mogor 338.22.3

338.22.3

Finding himself in this desperate condition the king was forced to retreat, taking up a position under protection of Amadanaguer (Ahmadnagar) and its fortress. During this march the princess, his daughter, and the other queens made petition to his majesty, stating that it was now thirty years nearly since they left the court of Dihli, and all that time they had been on the march, and had suffered many hardships; they were now old women, and his majesty should concede to them before he died permission to retire into the fortress of Ãgrah. Thereby they would be saved from being made prisoners and insulted after his death. His answer was that on this point he had taken the requisite measures to place them in security two years before his death. Dã,ud Khãn, after making an agreement with the Mahrattahs, withdrew, and took up his abode in Arkãt, leaving the enemy present in the direction of AdonI and Sirã. The king sent him various orders, appointing him governor of that country, and telling him to make exertions to eject the enemy therefrom. In addition, he made him governor of the kingdom of Gulkandah, and he received instructions to expel the enemy from that region also. They had invested the fortress of Badanagar (? Bhãgnagar) by an army of thirty thousand horse.