Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c4.24

v1.c4.24

Consequences of murder of Javid Kh., 442—Safdar Jang’s defects, 443—Intizam, character, 445—Imād-ul-mulk, character, 446—Safdar’s wrong policy, 448—creates many enemies, 449—Imad’s trickery, 454—is appd. Mir Bakhshi, 455—Safdar robs other officers, 456—offends royal family, 457—Abdali’s envoy in Delhi (1753), 461—Court plot against Safdar, 463—his men expelled Delhi fort, 466—Safdar leaves Delhi, 468—stages of the civil war, 470—causes of Safdar’s defeat, 471—Imad turns ag. Safdar, 474—attempt on his life, 477—Salābat Kh. joins Safdar and incites him to rebel, 478—Jāts plunder Old Delhi, 481—Safdar dismissed, 483—Sunni jihad against Shias, 484—Safdar’s soldiers seduced, 485—Safdar’s partisans’ houses plundered, 487—Safdar captures Kohtila of Firuz, 488—his grand assault on Delhi fails, 489—Rajendra-giri Gosain killed, cīafacter, 491—imperialists advance, 493—horrors of war, 494—mutiny in imperial army, 495—grand battle, 497—cowardice of Ahmad Sh., 498—peace made by Madho S., .502.