A History of the Mahrattas v1.c21.44

v1.c21.44

The murder of Peelajee Gaekwar was not attended by the advantages expected from it by Abhee Sing; Dilla, Dessaye of Padra, near Baroda, who had lived in friendship with Peelajee, instigated the Koolees and Bheels to rise all over the country, and watching an opportunity, afforded by the march of troops to quell the insurgents, sent intelligence to Mahadajee Gaekwar, the brother of Peelajee, who then occupied Jumboseer, and advised him to attack Baroda. He accordingly followed this recommendation and obtained possession of it about the same time that Dia Bahadur was killed in Malwa, in 1732, since which time it has always belonged to the family of Gaekwar. But besides this success on the part of the Mahrattas, Dummajee, the eldest surviving son of Peelajee, advanced from Sonegurh with a great force, occupied many of the principal districts in the east of Guzerat, and made incursions as far as Joudpoor, till Abhee Sing, resigning Ahmedabad to a deputy, was forced to return to protect his paternal dominions.