A History of the Mahrattas v2.c41.6

v2.c41.6

¹ Mahratta MS. and letters. Bengal Records, &c. [About 14,000 infantry thus deserted, after sending a message to the Rājā of Jaipur that they would join him if he paid them two lakhs of rupees. The Rājā accepted these terms. It should be noted that the author, writing from Marāthā sources, places Ismail Beg’s defection prior to the battle. In the Musalmān accounts this action of Ismail Beg is slurred over. ‘Perhaps,’ writes Keene, ‘we shall not be far wrong in supposing that Ismail Beg went off after his uncle’s death, when the mutinous corps deserted.’ (Mughal Empire, p. 149.)]