A History of the Mahrattas v1.c20.36

v1.c20.36

and Sindia’s daughter, who was given by that Emperor in marriage to Shao, died in captivity at Delhi. Sindia remained faithful to the Moghuls; and as his fate was never known, it is conjectured that he was killed in some distant country,¹ possibly with Azim Shah in the battle of Agra, in 1707. The family, however, had fallen into decay, and Ranoojee, who revived its fame with additional celebrity, was reduced to a state of abject poverty, serving as a Bargeer, first in the Pagah of Ballajee Wishwanath, and afterwards in that of his son. To contrast his original with his subsequent condition, he is said to have carried the Peishwa’s slippers, and to have been marked by Bajee Rao as fitted for a place of trust, by the care he took of the humble charge committed to him.²