Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c25.s4.16

v2.c25.s4.16

After Delhi city had been placed in the friendly hands of Imād, Raghunath and Malhar on 18th September 1757 moved rom Barāri Ghat in the north of the city, westwards to the Bāsi hillocks, liberated their captive Prince Ali Jāh, and sent to Musā Khan Baluch (son of Kām gār demanding tribute for his possessions in the Rohtak district. The latter paid a sum through his manager Satbhāni (the widow of Sitarām Khazānchi of Kaliānā) and took a lease signed by the Maratha chief for the possession of the villages. The Marathas now planned to conquer the Panjab from Abdali's men. But on hearing that Abdus Samad Khan, the governor of Sarhind, had collected a large force to bar their way and that Najib's son, after being ousted from Saharanpur and other places in the upper Doab by the Marathas, had joined Abdus Samad, Raghunāth gave up the plan of conquest, “knowing a war with Abdali’s troops to be beyond his power.” [TALS. 142b-146a.]