The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c21.36

v4.c21.36

The French raised Muzaffar Jang to the viceroyalty and marched escorting him towards his capital; but on the way, at Lakkaredi-palli (thirty-five miles south of Cuddapah city), the new viceroy fought his Pathān dependent and was slain (13 February, 1751). Bussy, the commander of his French escort, was bribed by his revenue minister Rājā Raghunāth ("a black Brāhman of Chicacole, originally named Rāmdās") to transfer his support to Āsaf Jāh's third son, Salābat Jang, who was at once proclaimed his successor, and ultimately gained from Delhi the titles of Āsaf-ud-daula Zafar Jang and Amīr-ul-mamālik and recognition as viceroy of the Deccan. "Muzaffar Jang was the first to engage Europeans and bring them into the realm of Islām. After his death the French troops continued in the service of Salābat Jang and got (extensive) jagirs, so that they soon became all-in-all in the Deccan" (Āzād Bilgrāmī).