Shivaji and His Times c8.s5.4

c8.s5.4

But local levies could effect little, and it was necessary to complete the Mughal conquest of Konkan and extinguish the last traces of Shivaji's power there by pouring into the country large reinforcements of imperial troops under a high commander. The general chosen for this purpose was Kar Talb Khan, an Uzbak, who had attained to the rank of a 4-hazari as early as the battle of Dharmat (1657), and had recently commanded a division in the Parenda district. With him Shaista Khan sent many of his own Rajput and Muslim subordinates and local allies (such as Rai Baghini, the heroic widow of Udaji Ram, the jagirdar of Mahur in Berar.)