Later Mughals v1.c6.s6.1
Later Mughals v1.c6.s6.1
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v1.c6.s6.1
Finding hostilities could not be avoided and that Azam Shah was already at Gwaliyar, Bahadur Shah determined to advance and give battle at Dholpur, 34 miles south of Agra. He left Bagh Dahr-Ara on the 14th June 1707, and an advanced guard of about 80,000 horsemen was sent forward under the command of Prince Muhammad Azim, Aghar Khan, Khanazad Khan (son of Munim Khan) and Saf Shikan Khan, general of artillery. Of these troops 30,000 were raised and paid for by Muhammad Azim, who had brought with him a large sum of money from Bengal, some say as much as nine to eleven krors of Rupees. This advanced force was ordered to take possession of the fords and ferries on the Chambal, which is only one mile beyond and to the south of Dholpur. [K.K. 579, Jang. 11.]