A History of the Mahrattas v1.c13.11

v1.c13.11

Shaisteh Khan in the meantime had taken up his abode in the town of Poona, and had fixed his residence in the house built by Dadajee Konedeo.³ From Sivajee’s being in the neighbourhood, of whose character for stratagem he was well aware, the Khan took many of those precautions which frequently invite what they are intended to prevent. No armed Mahratta was permitted to enter Poona without a passport, and no Mahratta horsemen were entertained excepting under such chiefs⁴ of their own as held their lands from the Emperor.