A History of the Mahrattas v1.c24.81

v1.c24.81

One of the nephews of Kummur-ud-deen Khan the Vizier, who had taken charge of the governments of Mooltan and Lahore in prejudice to his elder brother, was advised by a treacherous Moghul, named Adina Beg Khan, to unite his fortunes with the rising Ahmed Shah Abdallee, an advice which he had no sooner begun to put in practice than Adina Beg informed his uncle of the circumstance, and the nephew ashamed of his conduct returned to his allegiance; but the traitor, Adina Beg, had already gone so far in the negotiation with Ahmed Shah, that the latter was not to be interrupted in his progress; his troops advanced, and he obtained possession of Mooltan and Lahore, almost without resistance, and proceeded towards Delhi. He was, however, at this time successfully opposed by the Moghul army sent forward by the Emperor under his son, Prince Ahmed, and the Afghan army retreated towards Cabul. On this service Kummur-ud-deen Khan the Vizier having been killed, his son, Meer Munnoo, received the governments of Mooltan and Lahore, and set out to take charge of those provinces. Prince Ahmed returned towards Delhi, but before he reached the capital the Emperor had breathed his last. On the Prince's accession to the throne, by the title of Ahmed Shah, in the end of April, he bestowed the office of Vizier on Sufdur Jung, Nabob of Oude.² He had offered the Viziership to Nizam Ool Moolk, but he excused himself on account of his great age, and only survived Mohummud Shah a very short time, having died at Burhanpoor, in his 104th year, on the 19th June, 1748.