The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.80

v4.c20.80

As the result of these operations, the Jāt leaders went into hiding and the district enjoyed peace for some years. The next rising of the clan was under Churāman, a nephew of Rājā Rām. He had a genius for organisation and using opportunities and succeeded in founding a dynasty which still rules over Bharatpur. “He not only increased the number of his soldiers, but also strengthened them by the addition of fusiliers (musketeers) and a troop of cavalry, . . . and having robbed many of the ministers of the (Mughul) court on the road, he attacked the royal wardrobe and the revenue sent from the provinces” (Xavier Wendel). But this full development of Churāman’s power took place after the death of Aurangzīb. About 1704 he recovered Sinsanī from the Mughuls, but lost it to Mukhtār Khān, the governor of Āgra, a year later.