Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c11.s2.15

v1.c11.s2.15

On the other side, at the end of September the Emperor formed his plan of operations against the Marāthas during the coming winter. He first reconciled Abhay Singh to the *wazir*. Agra, Mālwa, and even Gujrāt were proposed to be put in charge of the *wazir*, with orders not to molest Jai Singh’s territory if he loyally joined the Emperor’s cause with his own contingent; otherwise he was to be chastised as he deserved. It was decided that as soon as the river levels would fall sufficiently low in autumn the Emperor himself would march out of Delhi, while Jai Singh and Khān-i-Daurān would proceed to the Deccan via Jaipur, and the wazir with Abhay Singh and Sādat Khān would take the route via Gwālior. (S. P. D., xiv. 39.)