Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c8.s5.8

v1.c8.s5.8

The reason was that in the meantime these two Marātha chiefs had met together at their king's Court and Shāhu had imposed upon them a compromise, dated 31 August, 1743, by which the four *subahs* of Malwa Agra Ajmir and Allahabad as well as the two estates of Tikāri and Bhojpur (inclusive of Dāudnagar) in *subah* Bihār, *i.e.*, the tract lying west of Patna and east of Allahabad and yielding 12 lakhs of Rupees a year, were assigned to the Peshwā, while Raghuji was to enjoy the two *subahs* of Bengal (including Orissā) and Oudh in their entirety and all Bihār except the *mahals* yielding 12 lakhs reserved for the Peshwā; and each was strictly forbidden to interfere with the other's share. [*Aitihāsik Patravyavahār*, ii. 35 and 36.]