Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c27.s28.3
Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c27.s28.3
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v2.c27.s28.3
∗ The sober Kashiraj says, "Shah Pasand Khan was very brave and experienced in war. He advanced with such vigour that the [confronting] Maratha corps had not the power to draw breath,"—which I take to mean that the two sides only made a demonstration from a short distance. But Shah Pasand's servant Shamlu, writing 35 years afterwards, says with his usual exaggeration,—"As Janko and Malhar with one lakh of troops, keeping their feet firmly before Shah Pasand Khan, were fighting, the Khan on becoming strengthened at heart when he heard the news of the flight of the infidels [at the centre], charged the sardars in front of him and fought for two gharis. At last they too preferred flight to fight." (Br. Mus. Or. 1895, p. 78.) Malhar's concert with Najib is mentioned by Nur. (51a) and Husain Shahi, 72.