The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c21.s1.25

v4.c21.s1.25

Nāsir Jang, Muzaffar Jang, and Salābat Jang, as well as their foreign supporters, had all assumed that Ghāzī-ud-dīn Khān, eldest son of the late Nizām-ul-Mulk, had foregone his claim. Ghāzī-ud-dīn, though he had hitherto taken no steps to dispute Nāsir Jang’s accession, early in 1751 demanded of the emperor a commission as viceroy of the Deccan in succession to his father. The issue of orders was delayed by the courtiers’ claim that he should purchase his office with the customary large payment in which they hoped to share and by Ghāzī-ud-dīn’s demand that it should be free of cost.