The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.246
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.246
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On 26 November Nādir defeated at Jamrūd the governor of Kābul who, with a force of 20,000 Afghāns, attempted to bar his exit from the Khyber pass. He then occupied Peshāwar, where he halted for some time. On 27 December he crossed the Indus at Attock and in January, 1739, meeting at Wazīrābād on the Chenāb with some slight resistance he "swept it away as a flood sweeps away a handful of chaff". The governor of Lahore met the invader at a distance of twelve miles from that city but was at once defeated and on the following day appeared before Nādir, made his obeisance and presented a peace offering.