Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c11.s1.15
Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c11.s1.15
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∗ *Farman* of appointment dated 28 Sep. 1732. *Vamsha Bhāskar*, p. 3133, states that Jai Singh being ordered by the Emperor to go to Mālwa started from Jaipur on 23rd Oct. 1729. But he was sent there this time not to act as governor but to drive the Marāthas out with his own forces. *Ibid*, p. 3212. Jai Singh’s more engrossing cares were the decoration of his new capital and the construction of four astronomical observatories. For the latter purpose he summoned the Jesuit Father Boudier from Bengal in 1733 and Fathers Antoine Gabelsperguer and Andre Strobl from Germany in 1736 to Jaipur, paying their