The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c21.115
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c21.115
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The fall of Bassein warned the English in Bombay to prepare for a similar peril. A sum of 30,000 rupees was subscribed by the Indian merchants of the town for the purpose of putting the defences in order and two embassies were despatched, one under captain Inchbird to visit king Shāhū in the Deccan, and the other under captain Gordon to congratulate Chimāji Appa at Bassein. Both were entirely successful, and a treaty was drawn up, dated 12 July, 1739, giving the English the right of free trade in the Deccan.²