A History of the Mahrattas v1.c12.40

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³ [Kincaid and Parasnis, pp. 157–63, endeavour to show that Sivājī was not guilty of treachery, and merely acted in self-defence, basing their opinion upon the account given in the Shivdigvijaya, Shedgāvkar and Chitnis Bakhars, and upon the Afzal Khān ballad which can scarcely be regarded as sound historical evidence. Sir George Forrest recalls the fact that Grant Duff did not depend wholly upon Khāfī Khān's account, but was conversant with seven Marāthi lives of Sivājī, which he collated and utilized, and with more than a hundred Persian and Marāthi MSS., which were purposely translated for his history.]