A History of the Mahrattas v1.c15.60

v1.c15.60

These three, with their dependants and attendants, were more intent on strengthening their own factions than on devising measures for the public advantage. Abdool Mohummud has the credit of being exempted from this censure; but he was destitute of that firmness which is necessary to overawe the factious, and maintain an ascendancy over men’s minds in times of civil discord. In the present instance, certainly no situation could be less enviable; faction agitated the miserable remains of a fallen state, whilst Sivajee on one side, and the Moghuls on the other, threatened its annihilation.