Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c25.s4.4

v2.c25.s4.4

∗ Najib’s message conveyed by Abdul Ahad Khan to Malhar ran thus: (1) I am your [adopted] son and I shall act as you bid me. You have done me many favours and it is not proper that you should [now] bare your sword against me. If you say so, I shall go away across the Jamuna, and you can entrust Delhi and the empire to the control of whomsoever you please. (2) Bid me and I shall go to the Abdali Shah and arrange a peace between you by delimiting your respective boundaries, which would be respected in future by both parties, so that there might not be war again. (3) I shall depute my son Zābita Khan to serve you