Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c15.s10.7
Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c15.s10.7
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v1.c15.s10.7
An open rupture could no longer be averted. On 8th May the Emperor dismissed Shujā from the command of the imperial Artillery and gave that post to Samsāmuddaulah (son of that Khan-i-Daurān who had fallen in the battle with Nādir Shah), and ordered the defensive entrenchments on the river strand to be pushed to completion. These were now armed with guns of all calibres from the fort arsenal, under the Emperor’s own eyes. All the other offices held by Shujā, including the important ones of superintendence of the Private Audience and paymastership of the ahadis, were given to other men; and the qiladari of the palace was formally transferred from Safdar Jang’s agent (Abu Turāb Kh.) to Ahmad Anga.