The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.247

v4.c20.247

From Lahore Nādir Shāh sent to Muhammad Shāh a courteous letter, reminding him that they were both of Turkish blood and expressing wonder that he had not received more assistance in chastising the Afghāns, who had done more harm in India than they had in Persia—an apposite reference to the expulsion of Humāyūn by Sher Shāh. He also complained again of the gross discourtesy with which he had been treated, but attributed this to evil counsellors rather than to any deliberate design on the part of Muhammad. He was coming, he added, to punish these counsellors, and if they survived an encounter with him their fate would depend on such intercession as Muhammad Shāh might see fit to make for them.