A History of the Mahrattas v1.c11.82

v1.c11.82

As the throne was filled without complimentary reference, or the observance of any homage to which the Emperor pretended a right of claim, agreeably, as he maintained, to an admission on the part of Mohummud Adil Shah, it was given out by the Moghuls that Ali Adil Shah was not the son of the late king, and that the Emperor must nominate a successor. The same circumstance is noticed in the works of contemporary European travellers²; but probably obtained from Moghul reports of that period, as nothing of the kind is alluded to in any of the Beejapoor writings or in Mahratta manuscripts. This war, on the part of the Moghuls, appears to have been more completely destitute of apology than is commonly found, even in the unprincipled transactions of Asiatic governments.