The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c15.5
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c15.5
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This was Hīmū, “the Corn-chandler”, a Hindu of Rewārī whom ‘Ādil had made his minister, an able, energetic and ambitious soldier who was preparing to expel the Mughuls from India, nominally in the interests of ‘Ādil, but actually in his own. Hīmū secretly cherished designs of seizing for himself the imperial throne and restoring the dominion to the Hindus. Hīmū was still in the field on behalf of ‘Ādil and in his name could command the obedience of a large force of Afghāns.