A History of the Mahrattas v1.c9.114

v1.c9.114

Of the origin of Mullik Umber there are various traditions: the most consistent of them is, that he was in his youth a personal adherent of Chungeze Khan,¹ the too loyal² minister of Mortiza Nizam Shah I, and from his able patron it is probable he acquired some of that knowledge by which he, in a short time, regulated the country, improved the revenue, and on the threatened frontier of the Deccan, became, for upwards of twenty years, its bulwark of protection from foreign conquest.