Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c13.s4.2

v1.c13.s4.2

This clash of personal interests was aggravated by a racial antagonism. The Nizam, the late wazir Qamruddin, and Zakariya Khan (the late viceroy of the Panjab) were all Turks from Central Asia (Ahrar) and closely linked together by repeated inter-marriages. They recruited their retainers in Central Asia and from Turks settled in India. Safdar, on the other hand, was a Persian and gathered round himself only Persians, such as the ex-soldiers of Nadir Shah and Irani immigrants (genuine or pretended) into India.