Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c27.s13.4
Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c27.s13.4
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v2.c27.s13.4
The Bhāu started on this enterprise. From his camp at Lāleri (3 miles south of Ganaur) he sent back Nānā Purandarē and Āppāji Jadav Rao to Delhi, and these two agents, on Friday the 10th of October, deposed the titular Shah Jahan II, proclaimed Ali Gauhar as Emperor under the title of Shah Alam II, struck coins in his name, and installed his eldest son Mirzā Jawān Bakht in the Diwān-i-khās as his Heir and vicar. They also conferred the wazirship on Shujā-ud-daulah in absentia, in the hope of luring him away from Abdali's side. [Raj. i. 258, 259. DC. Siyar, iii. 67.]