Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c13.s5.6

v1.c13.s5.6

Thus an open breach took place between the Emperor and his prime minister. It was during this period that the Court secretly invited Nāsir Jang to come and deliver them. That noble outwardly gave it out that he was going to Delhi merely to pay his respects to his new sovereign; but he wrote to his brother Ghāziuddin at Court that his real object was to put the administration of the Empire in order, oust the intruder Safdar Jang, and give the wazir-ship to Intizām-ud-daulah. At the same time he tried to humour Safdar Jang by writing to him, "I have only to chastise the Marathas here, and then I shall go to Court. Do you befriend me and secure my appointment to the subahdāri of the Deccan. I only want [in addition] the Chief Paymastership of the Empire which my father held and which Zulfiqār Jang has snatched away from me. You and I shall turn with one heart to the regulation of the State. Bālāji has seized the Empire, even up to Hindustan. If you rely on him, you will be disappointed. He is a great deceiver; he looks to money and nothing else. Give me a safeconduct and oaths of assurance from the Court and we two shall unite for punishing Bālāji. I am at your orders.''