A History of the Mahrattas v1.c20.28

v1.c20.28

A.D. 1722.—Nizam Ool Moolk, on assuming the post of Vizier, endeavoured to effect some reform at court, but the Emperor was not only fond of that mirth and festivity natural to his years, but weak in mind, and, as is generally the case with persons of that disposition, dissolute in his behaviour. The manners of Nizam Ool Moolk were austere and disagreeable both to the Emperor and his courtiers. Prompt at every base intrigue, they soon devised a scheme of freeing themselves from the society of Nizam Ool Moolk. Hyder Koolee Khan had departed for his government at Ahmedabad before the return of Nizam Ool Moolk from the Deccan, and having committed some irregularities, the courtiers by threatening him with punishment from the Vizier, Nizam Ool Moolk, and working on the passions of both parties, soon inflamed them to the utmost, and drove Hyder Koolee Khan to further acts of disrespect and disobedience. Nizam Ool Moolk had censured the manner in which the rebellion of Ajeet Sing had been passed over, and being now offered the post of Soobehdar of Guzerat, with the commission of reducing Hyder Koolee Khan, he readily accepted it. On this service it was hoped the Nizam might be long employed, or fall a victim to the chances of war.