The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.284
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.284
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Meanwhile a fresh calamity was impending over Bengal. The Marāthās had for some time past cast covetous eyes on the rich eastern provinces of the empire, and when Murshid Qulī Khān was defeated by ‘Alī Vardī Khān his minister, Mīr Habīb, had suggested to Bhāskar Pant, Raghūjī Bhonsle’s minister, who was governing Berār during his master’s absence in the Carnatic, the invasion of Bengal.