Later Mughals v1.c9.s25.1

v1.c9.s25.1

Sarbuland Khan’s defection did not trouble Farrukh-siyar very much; his hopes now centred in his father-in-law, Maharajah Ajit Singh, for whom he had sent through Nahar Khan, the only person believed to have sufficient influence over the Rajah to secure his adhesion. Nahar Khan is the man whose good offices the Rajah had employed to secure terms from Sayyid Husain Ali Khan four years before. But Nahar Khan was an intimate friend of the two Sayyids, and his first efforts were directed to bringing over Ajit Singh to their side, and detaching him from that of Farrukh-siyar. In this he was fully successful. The Rajah started from Jodhpur for Dihli, and the Emperor was overjoyed at the prospect of his arrival. These hopes were, however, doomed to disappointment, for Ajit Singh had not the least intention of taking that side; on the contrary, his mind was fully made up to espouse the cause of the Sayyids. [M. M. 383.]