The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.290

v4.c20.290

Nizām-ul-Mulk of the Deccan excused himself on the ground of age and of important affairs in the Carnatic from obeying the summons. There he had recovered Trichinopoly, which had been captured by Raghūjī Bhonsle during his absence at Delhi, and captured Arcot from Dost 'Alī the descendant of Aurangzīb's general Sa‘ādat-ullah Khān the Navāit,¹ in whose family the town and district had become a hereditary principality.²