History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v5.c80.s4.19

v5.c80.s4.19

Aurangzib had left desolation and anarchy behind him when he set out for Ahmadnagar. But his retreat to this city did not bring rest to his army or peace to his empire. In April or May 1706, a vast Maratha army under all their great generals,—Dhana Jadav, Nima Sindhia, Dado Malhar, Rambhā Nimbālkar* and others,—appeared four miles from the imperial encampment and threatened it. Aurangzib sent Khan-i-Alam and other officers to drive them away, but this force was hopelessly outnumbered and had to be strongly reinforced before it could succeed, after a long and severe contest, in repulsing the Marathas from the neighbourhood. [Dil. ii. 155b.]