A History of the Mahrattas v1.c12.50

v1.c12.50

¹ The name of the person who gave up Panalla is no where mentioned. One Beejapoor MS. states that Sivajee took it by stratagem ; another, that a Hindoo in charge surrendered it, which so far corresponds with the Mahratta account. Panalla was one of those forts to which the king generally appointed the Killidar, but it was situated within the Jagheer of Roostum Zuman, one of the Beejapoor generals, whom we shall have occasion to mention in our progress. The Jagheer of Roostum Zuman comprehended Merich and Kolapoor above the Ghauts, and Carwar and Rajapoor in the Concan. There is reason to suppose that Roostum Zuman was bribed by Sivajee at a very early period ; the English merchants of the factories of Rajapoor and Carwar repeatedly accuse him of being in league with Sivajee, and of sharing in the plunder of some towns in his own Jagheer.