The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c21.s1.84
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c21.s1.84
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Ahmad Shāh Abdālī had returned from Nārnaul to Delhi and, as the country to the west of the Jumna was suffering from recent depredations of the Marāthās, he crossed that river and encamped for the rainy season within easy reach of the Afghāns in the Dūāb and Rohilkhand, at Sikandarābād, the scene of Holkar's recent defeat. Najīb-ud-Daula was sent to invite Shujā‘-ud-Daula to join the Afghān army, and, meeting him near Kanauj, easily persuaded him that the cause of the Abdālī was that of Islam. On 18 July he joined Ahmad Shāh's camp with his forces.