The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c7: Chapter XII
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c7
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Chapter XII
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MUHAMMAD SHĀH
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By Lt.-Colonel Sir Wolseley Haig.
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| The provinces at Muhammad Shāh's accession | 341 |
| Quarrel between the Sayyid brothers | 342 |
| Nizām-ul-Mulk opposes the Sayyids | 343 |
| Assassination of Husain ‘Alī | 344 |
| Sayyid ‘Abdullah Khān defeated and imprisoned | 345 |
| The heresy of Namūd | 346 |
| Nizām-ul-Mulk appointed minister | 347 |
| Rise of the Jāts | 348 |
| Nizām-ul-Mulk returns to the Deccan | 349 |
| Battle of Shakarkhelda | 350 |
| Contests for Gujarāt | 351 |
| Abhay Singh expels Sarbuland Khān | 352 |
| Muhammad Khān Bangash in Bundelkhand | 353 |
| Marāthā raids in Mālwā | 354 |
| Insurrection in Allahābād | 355 |
| Bājī Rāo’s raid on Delhi | 356 |
| Nizām-ul-Mulk attacked by Marāthās | 356 |
| Peace terms with Marāthās | 357 |
| Rise of Nādir Shāh | 357 |
| Nādir Shāh invades India | 358 |
| Mughul attempts to repel Nādir Shāh | 359 |
| Nādir Shāh’s victory at Karnāl | 360 |
| Negotiations for an indemnity | 360 |
| General massacre in Delhi | 361 |
| Nādir Shāh’s booty | 362 |
| Intrigues against the Turanian faction | 363 |
| Bengal, Bihār and Orissa | 364 |
| Death of Bājī Rāo Peshwā | 365 |
| Failure of ‘Āzim-ullah to recover Mālwā | 366 |
| The Marāthās invade Bengal | 367 |
| Raghūjī Bhonsle retires from Bengal | 368 |
| Rise of the Rohilla power | 369 |
| Mughul attack on ‘Alī Muhammad Khān | 370 |
| ‘Umdat-ul-Mulk assassinated | 371 |
| Ahmad Shāh Abdālī succeeds Nādir Shāh | 371 |
| Ahmad Shāh invades India | 372 |
| Mughuls repel Ahmad Shāh | 373 |
| Reduction in the size of the Delhi empire | 374 |
| The degeneration of the Mughul army | 375 |
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CHAPTER XIII
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THE HYDERĀBĀD STATE (1724–1762)
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By Sir Jadunath Sarkar.
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| Nizām-ul-Mulk assumes independence | 377 |
| The Marāthā menace | 378 |
| Nizām-ul-Mulk and Rājā Shāhū | 379 |
| The Nizām supports Shambhūjī of Kolhāpur | 380 |
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Pālkhed campaign against Bāji Rāo . . . . . . . . 381 Treaty of Shevgāon . . . . . . . . . . 381 Marāthās diverted to north . . . . . . . . 382 Nāsir Jang's rebellion suppressed . . . . . . . 383 The Nawābs of Arcot . . . . . . . . . 384 Death of Āsaf Jāh . . . . . . . . . . 384 Character of Āsaf Jāh . . . . . . . . . 385 Nāsir Jang seizes viceroyalty . . . . . . . . 386 Bussy dominates Hyderābād court . . . . . . . 387 Muzaffar Jang and Salābat Jang . . . . . . . 387 Ghāzī-ud-dīn marches to Deccan . . . . . . . 388 Bussy recovers control over Nizām . . . . . . . 389 The Marāthās defeat Hyderābād forces . . . . . . 390 Nizām ‘Alī deposes Salābat Jang . . . . . . . . 391