Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c9.s4.2

v1.c9.s4.2

Alivardi continued the pursuit. Advancing to Balesar he learnt that Sābāji and Mir Habib, finding their soldiers powerless to stand up to a fight with the Nawāb’s forces, had fled far away through the jungles of Katak. Alivardi pushed on towards Katak, crossed the two branches of the Baitarani river at Bhadrak and Jājpur, and took post at Barā about 36 miles north of Katāk. Here he received letters from Sayyid Nur, Sarāndāz Khān and Dharmadās (the Captain of the musketeers), who had gone over to the Marāthas and had been left by them in charge of the fort of Barābāti and the district round Katak town, offering to submit to Alivardi whenever he would arrive there.