A History of the Mahrattas v1.c8.85

v1.c8.85

Had these measures been steadily superintended for any length of time, a due ascendancy in the head of the state might long have been preserved; but Khajeh Jehan’s influence could not withstand the malice of his enemies, by whom a conspiracy was formed against his life: he was falsely accused by them, and rashly and wrongfully put to death by order of Mohummud Shah.