A History of the Mahrattas v1.c8.67

v1.c8.67

Mullik-ool-Tijar insisted on the raja’s renouncing his own faith, and embracing the tenets of the Koran. The enraged, but subtle raja, with the true policy of a Mahratta, when he intends deadly vengeance, humbly represented that there existed between him and the Raja of Singur, a fort in the territory of Kondan,³ a family competition and rivalry, and that they were near relations; that should he embrace the Mahomedan faith, and the Raja of Kondan remain in power without the loss of his cast, he should become obnoxious to his subjects, and that his rival would excite rebellion and triumph over him. He, therefore, proposed that