Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c7.s7.3

v1.c7.s7.3

Barily and seventeen other mahals had been formerly assigned in jāgir to the Nizām, but they had long gone out of the grantee's control on account of the Afghān predominance. In 1746 the Nizām's eldest son and agent at Court, Ghāziuddin Firuz Jang, sent Hedāyet Ali Khān (the father of the author of Siyar) there as manager of this estate. But the new collector's task was extremely difficult in view of the smallness of his resources and the vast number and turbulent character of the Afghan population he was expected to control. His position was further complicated by the jealous opposition of an old grantee who was the natural enemy of the Ruhelas.