Later Mughals v1.c10.s1.11

v1.c10.s1.11

A few days after the accession of the new sovereign, the Mahrattas under Balaji, the peshwa, who had come in Husain Ali Khan’s train, received their dismissal for the Dakhin (29th Rabi II. 1131 H., 30th March, 1719), taking with them Madan Singh, the younger son of Sambhaji and some female members of his family who had been prisoners since the days of Alamgir. The Mahrattas also took with them at this time three important documents, a grant of the chauth of the Dakhin provinces, one for the sardeshmukhi of the same, and one for the swaraj or hereditary States.* The first dated the 22nd Rabi II. 1131 H. (13th March, 1719), gave them one-fourth of the revenue of all the six subahs of the Dakhin, including the tributary States of Tanjor, Trichinopoly and Maisur. The second dated the 4th Jamadi I. (24th March, 1719) was for 10 per cent. of the remaining three-fourths of the same revenues. The swaraj were the territories in Shivaji's possession at the time of his death in 1681, now confirmed to his grandson with certain modifications.†