Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c15.s10.6

v1.c15.s10.6

So next day (5th May) the wazir despatched Rājendra-giri towards Barapula and Ismail Khan towards the village of Nagli (near the Jamuna), for attacking the mansions of the Turānis situated there. This outbreak of hostility caused great alarm and stir in the city; the Emperor wrote to a very near relative of the wazir to induce him to desist, but Safdar Jang haughtily replied, “Peace can be made only if the Mir Bakhshi-ship, the second Bakhshi-giri, and the subahdari of Lahor and Multan are taken away from the Turānis and given to my nominees. Imād and Intizām are to be banished from the Emperor’s side. Or else, know for certain that to-morrow I shall attack their houses, and the imperial fort too is near and within my view.” [TAh. 53a.]