The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.127
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.127
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The crisis drew Bahādur Shāh to the scene. Leaving Ajmer on 27 June, 1710, he reached Sadhaurā on 4 December. Before this, some imperial officers had fought the Sikhs and cleared the road from Sonpat to Sirhind, and also the Jullundur Dūāb. At the approach of the emperor, Banda evacuated Sadhaurā and took post in the fort Lohgarh, at Mukhlispur or Dabar, a place twelve miles north-east of Sadhaurā. Here he had been living like a king and striking coins in his own name.