Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c21.s7.6

v2.c21.s7.6

In December 1755, Imād marched up the Doāb from Luni to Shamli, Kairana, and Rāmra-ghat. From the last place he sent to demand tribute from Nejābat Khan, the zamindar of Kunjpurā. At the end of this month, the wazir, taking Prince Ali Gauhar with him, crossed the Jamunā and marched towards the Panjab by way of Pānipat and Ambāla, arriving at Sarhind on 7 Feb. 1756. Here he halted, while his ally Adina Beg Khan took possession of Lahor by driving away the Abdali agent. His betrothed Umda Begam, the daughter of Muin, was brought to his camp from Lahor on 4 March, and her mother Mughlāni Begam on 28 March, as we shall see in chapter 14. [TALS. 64, 66a, DC.] Completely successful in his Panjab enterprise, the wazir turned back from Machiwārā on the Satlaj on 1 May and reached Delhi at the end of June.