[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [A History of the Mahrattas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826) › v1.c19.117 # A History of the Mahrattas v1.c19.117 A History of the Mahrattas v1.c19.117 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.117](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c19.117) A.D. 1720.—Ballajee Wishwanath and his Mahrattas remained at Delhi until the accession of Mohummud Shah; and during the tumult which preceded the confinement of Ferokhsere, Suntajee Bhonslay and fifteen hundred of his men were killed by the populace in the streets of Delhi.¹ The army was paid by the Syuds, according to the agreement, and Shao’s mother and family given over to Ballajee Wishwanath. Both the Peishwa and Senaputtee being anxious to return to the Deccan, they were permitted to depart; and, according to the treaty with Hoossein Ally Khan, they received three imperial grants² for the Chouth Surdeshmookhee, and Swuraje. The Chouth,³ or one fourth of the whole revenue of the six Soobehs of the Deccan, including the Hyderabad and Beejapoor Carnatic, and the tributary states of Tanjore, Trichinopoly, and Mysore; the Surdeshmookhee,⁴ or ten per cent. over and above the Chouth; and the Swuraje,¹ literally meaning \*our own sovereignty\*, or the districts possessed by Sivajee at the time of his death, which were granted to Shao, excepting the detached possessions in Candeish, the fort of Trimbuck with the adjoining district, and the conquests south - [Previous: v1.c19.116](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c19.116) - [Next: v1.c19.118](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c19.118) - [Up: v1.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c19.117](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c19.117) · Pramāṇa