The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c21.s1.15

v4.c21.s1.15

Safdar Jang had left to the Bangash Afghāns only those districts which Farrukh-siyar had assigned to Muhammad Khān, and the remainder were administered by Rājā Naval Rāi. Ahmad Khān, the brother of Qāim Jang, who had succeeded at the instigation of his mother, began to assemble troops in preparation for an attack on Naval Rāi, who warned his master of the preparations and, advancing from Kanauj, entrenched himself at Khudāganj about half-way between Kanauj and Farrukhābād. Safdar Jang left Delhi on 3 August with a large army and sent troops in advance to meet Naval Rāi. The Afghāns, however, on 13 August penetrated the camp of Naval Rāi by surprise, put him to death in his tent, and captured his artillery and the whole of his equipage.