Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c26.s3.11

v2.c26.s3.11

∗ Raghunath assumed a despondent tone from the outset. "Our troops are not yet assembled. I have no money. Abdali is strong ; it requires very great resources to chastise him. Send Dattaji Sindhia quickly to me from the Deccan" (Raghunath's letter, 16 Feb.) On 16th Feb. his diwan Sakharam Bapu writes, "The month of Falgun (Feb-March) will be over before my contingent and that of Malhar are mustered. Abdali is a powerful enemy." [Raj. i. 52 and 53.]