New History of the Marathas v2.c24.s2.324

v2.c24.s2.324

The forces of disruption became now too apparent in the counsels of the State reared by Asaf Jah. Bussy had kept studiously aloof at Haidarabad during the late Maratha-Muslim struggle. After the war was over, he left for Aurangabad there to pay his respects to his master. On the way he paid a cordial visit to the Peshwa and held an exchange of views on the general situation. He then arrived at Aurangabad and visited Salabat Jang with the utmost humility. He also paid a formal visit to Nizam Ali, being extremely careful to guard against any treacherous design on that chief’s part. Shah Nawaz Khan fell into disfavour, and was dismissed from the Chief Minister’s position by Salabat Jang, who appointed to that post, on the advice of Bussy, the latter’s confidential secretary Haidar Jang. Thus at one stroke Bussy’s voice again became powerful, a result most highly resented by Nizam Ali.