A History of the Mahrattas v1.c22.63

v1.c22.63

Preparations were made both in Hindoostan and in the Deccan to effect his relief. Khan Dowran perhaps saw the distress of his rival with secret pleasure; and the Emperor’s command, not to advance until he should march in person, was an intimation to Bajee Rao that he had nothing to apprehend from the northward. The Nizam’s principal hopes of succour were from the Deccan; troops were assembled both at Hyderabad and Aurungabad by his second son, Nasir Jung, whom he had left as his deputy; and messengers were secretly dispatched from the camp at Bhopaul to hasten their march.