New History of the Marathas v2.c24.87

v2.c24.87

The departure of Nizam-ul-mulk for the north for a time removed the anxieties of Shahu, whose situation took a different turn with the arrival of Saiyad Husain Ali. The Emperor called upon Daud Khan Pani of Gujarat to march against the Saiyad and do away with him. He also instigated Shahu for the same purpose. As a result of this incitement Daud Khan and the Saiyad met in a deadly combat near Burhanpur on 26th August, 1715, wherein Daud Khan was killed and the Saiyad came out victorious, so that Shahu’s prospects came to be affected by the policy that Saiyad Husain Ali Khan would now adopt in co-operation with his brother Saiyad Abdulla at Delhi. The two brothers’ instinct of self-preservation was the factor which moulded Shahu’s policy during the next two years.