Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c14.s5.1

v1.c14.s5.1

It only remained to punish him in his homeland. Some months after the disaster at Rām Chatāuni (13th Sep. 1750), Safdar Jang had re-established his position at the Delhi Court and completed his alliance with the Marātha generals, who were the only power in India capable of crushing the Afghāns. He promised to pay Jayāppā Sindhia and Malhar Rao Holkar Rs. 25,000 (or 35,000) a day for their contingents and Surajmal Rs. 15,000 for his Jāt force for help in the projected invasion of Rohilkhand. Ammunition and rockets were collected and some guns received from the imperial arsenal through the good offices of Jāvid Khan. [G.-i-R. 40, Siyar, iii. 36.]