Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c10.s5.2

v1.c10.s5.2

As early as 1st September 1747, Muhammad Shāh had received from Amīr Beg (Nāsir Khān’s deputy at Kābul) the copy of a proclamation issued by Abdālī on 15th July, appointing Muhammad Hāshim Afridi the chieftain (“mālik and grey-beard”) of all the Afridi tribesmen in the Peshāwar district. (Anandrām, 298.) About the middle of November followed the report of Abdālī’s occupation of Kābul and of the appearance of a detachment of his troops near Attock, oppressing and plundering the entire district. Close on its heels came the news of the invader’s capture of Peshāwar and the flight of Nāsir Khān to Lāhor.