The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c11.135

c11.135

His son Abdul Hakim Khan had not long succeeded when he had to face a formidable confederation and to give up much of his possessions. He imprudently received into his service an officer who had first been in that of the Nizam and then in that of the Peshwa, and when the surrender of the man was demanded by the Peshwa the nawab refused to comply with the request. He had incurred the enmity also of the Nizam Salabat Jang, whose supremacy he had declined to acknowledge; so the two princes combined against him. An army under Balaji Baji Rao marched against Savanur and was joined there by a force under the famous French leader Bussy, with a splendid train of artillery. The nawab was assisted by the well-known Morari Rao of Guti, but the besieging force was too strong for him and he had to submit to a treaty (A.D. 1756), by which he agreed to pay eleven lákhs in cash and to cede to the Peshwa the districts of Mishrikot, Hubli, and Kundgol, receiving in compensation part of Ránebennur and Parasgad. The estimated revenue of the districts left in the nawáb's possession was nearly eight lákhs of rupees yearly.