Later Mughals v2.c17.s7.11
Later Mughals v2.c17.s7.11
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v2.c17.s7.11
The result is best described in the words of Ghulam Husain: "It was impossible for Nasir Khan to prevent Nadir Shah's entrance into India. The Government was rotten, the Emperor was powerless. No money was sent to maintain the administration in Afghanistan. The subahdar, therefore, sought his own comfort and lived at Peshawar, entrusting the fort of Kabul to a qiladar with orders to control and watch the passes leading into India." [Siyar, i. 94.]