A History of the Mahrattas v1.c18.146

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v1.c18.146

The best officers were at a distance. Zoolfikar Khan was directed to join, and a like order was sent to Daood Khan in the Carnatic.⁴ The former had returned to Aurungabad, after driving Neemajee Sindia from Malwa, and as the Mahrattas had been principally employed to the northward, the Carnatic had not been infested by large bodies of them for several years. The important fortress of Vellore was surrendered in 1704 by Mannajee Moray to Daood Khan,¹ for which Moray was promised a Munsub by the Emperor, but he never came to demand it, having on his return to Maharashtra gone off to join his countrymen. Daood Khan left Sadut Oolla Khan as his Naik or deputy in both Carnatics, and arrived in the Emperor's camp shortly after Zoolfikar Khan. They were both officers of courage and experience, they attacked the place with resolution, and the town of Wakinkerah was evacuated, after the environs had been stormed and taken, with heavy loss on both sides.²