Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c12.s3.11

v1.c12.s3.11

Ishwari Singh was soon afterwards summoned to Delhi by the Emperor and had to put off the recovery of Bundi. For the projected campaign he sent his agent (Rajah Ayā Mal Khatri) and secured Marātha aid. Ummed Singh also beat about for allies; he went to Ajmir and there met Abhay Singh. He found another friend in Mahārānā Jagat Singh, whose aim was to secure the Jaipur throne for his nephew Mādho Singh, for which object he promised 20 *lakhs* of Rupees to Malhar Rao Holkar. The Mewār envoy exchanged turbans with Jayāppā Sindhia and made a treaty for concerted action with him. But Ishwari Singh’s clever agent Ayā Mal, dissolved this alliance, evidently by bidding higher, and secured for his master the aid of all the Maratha generals except Malhar.