The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.278

v4.c20.278

The death of Bājī Rāo encouraged Nāsir Jang, the second son of Nizām-ul-Mulk, who had been left by his father as deputy in the viceroyalty when he went to Delhi in 1737, to assume the position of an independent ruler. Remonstrances went unheeded and on 7 August Nizām-ul-Mulk set out for the Deccan to reduce his refractory son to obedience, leaving his eldest son, Ghāzī-ud-dīn Khān, as his representative at the capital in the post of assistant minister. He reached Burhānpur on 19 November and halted there for some time while fruitlessly endeavouring to induce Nāsir Jang to submit without an appeal to arms. His arguments had no effect, and the rebel continued to hide or fight till August, 1741, when he was taken prisoner¹ and was confined for a time in the fort of Kandhār.