Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c11.s3.16
Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c11.s3.16
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v1.c11.s3.16
Nādir Shāh's invasion, and there were no organised raids of the Marāthas into Mālwa and Rājputānā in the winter of 1738-39. Nādir's invasion shook the Delhi empire to its foundations, and after his return there was no more attempt to restore imperial authority in Mālwa. Muhammad Shāh by a *farmān* (1741) officially appointed the new Peshwā Bālāji Rāo deputy governor of Mālwa. This was, in effect, the final loss of that province to the empire.