Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c13.s5.27

v1.c13.s5.27

This needs explanation. On the death of Nāsir Jang (5th December 1750), the Emperor had appointed his eldest brother Ghāzi-ud-din to the vacant subahdāri of the Deccan (21st January 1751.) This selection had been pressed on him by the Peshwā, who had been solicited by Ghaziuddin for his good word with the Emperor, and who now promised Maratha support to the imperial administration in the Deccan if he was made Nizām. Ghāzi-ud-din had been always friendly to the Peshwā and his military incapacity and easy unenterprising character promised to the Marathas the practical domination of Mughal Deccan with such a man as its nominal viceroy. The new Nizām, however, had no adequate force to enable him to take possession of his southern charge, and so he delayed starting. A few months later (7th June) he was appointed Mir Bakhshi and was obliged to stay at Court. He then appointed the Peshwā as his deputy subahdār. But Ghazi-ud-din’s younger brothers living in the Deccan refused to give the Hindu interloper possession of their patrimony, and by influencing Jāvid Khan secured a patent for the deputy subahdār-ship in the name of Salābat Jang, the third son of the late Asaf Jāh.