The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c21.s1.22

v4.c21.s1.22

In the Deccan, Nizām-ul-Mulk had been succeeded in 1748 by his second son, Nāsir Jang. Ahmad Shāh and Jāvīd Khān had from the first disliked Safdar Jang and had intended to confer the post of minister on Nizām-ul-Mulk. They sought to attach the powerful viceroy of the Deccan to the court party and thus escape the domination of Safdar Jang, and accordingly wrote private letters to Nāsir Jang begging him to come to Delhi. He set out with a large army and arrived at Burhānpur in April, 1749, but received another order cancelling the summons. Safdar Jang had probably discovered the design of the court party and had compelled the emperor to abandon it.