The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.219

v4.c20.219

Nizām-ul-Mulk, in reply to these attacks, enlisted the aid of the Marāthās, and attempted to restrict their forays in his provinces.² The two most prominent Marāthā officers in Gujarāt were Kanthājī Kadam Bhānde and Pīlājī Gāikwār, and Nizām-ul-Mulk urged his uncle, Hāmid Khān, who represented him in that province, to protect himself against any new governor whom the emperor might appoint. Sarbuland Khān, Mubāriz-ul-Mulk, was the governor chosen, and he begged for the aid of Sayyid Najm-ud-dīn 'Alī Khān, who had been in prison since the battle of Hasanpur, but was favoured by Muhammad Shāh, who had been led by the Sayyid from his prison to his throne.