Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c14.s2.26
Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c14.s2.26
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v1.c14.s2.26
The Afghān victory was complete; the Oudh army was dissolved in utter rout. The victors gave chase for a short distance, and at this time Najmūddaulah Ishaq Khan II, the imperial *diwān* of Crownlands and an intimate kinsman and friend of the wazir, was killed fighting to the last. When surrounded by the enemy he had diverted their attention from the wazir by shouting out that he was Safdar Jang! The wazir's elephant was mounted by Jagat Nārāyan (the younger brother of Rajah Lachhmi Nārāyan) and led out of the field into safety.