Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c21.s6.2

v2.c21.s6.2

On 22 November Imād sent a message to Intizām, who had absented himself from Court ever since the accession of the new Emperor, saying, “If you are a servant of the State, come to the darbar. If you are not, vacate your official mansion.” Intizām’s reply was to go away immediately to the Maratha camp south-west of Delhi and take up his residence there, while his house in the city was guarded by his mother Sholāpuri Begam. But the Maratha chiefs declined to go to war with the Emperor and his wazir for Intizām’s sake and even censured him for this rash act of defiance.