Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c15.s2.1

v1.c15.s2.1

Muin had not yet been long enough in the Panjab to establish himself fully in power and to gather adequate military strength. The two recent attempts to oust him had, no doubt, been foiled, but they had caused an immense loss of revenue to him and disturbed the country. In this state of weakness, before he could gain breathing time, it was his cruel fate to be called upon to meet a foreign invasion. It was only natural that when such intestine wars were raging in India’s most important frontier province, and selfishness was totally blinding the highest officers of the realm, and greed of money was the sole guiding motive of her foreign mercenary defenders, the enemy beyond the mountain passes could not be asleep. India’s internal condition was cheering news to Ahmad Abdāli, and in the autumn of 1749 he set out to try his luck once more and to imitate the career of Mahmud of Ghazni on the Indian soil.