Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c28.s10.40

v2.c28.s10.40

times, threats of Abdali’s attack unless the Jat Rajah paid down a large ransom; at others, there was the opposite danger of Maratha pressure to join with all his forces in their attempts to dismember the Delhi empire, which (Suraj Mal knew) would antagonize all the Muslim and Rajput Powers of North India and inevitably bring the Afghan invader back. But through each crisis as it developed the suppleness of Suraj Mal’s diplomacy enabled him to pass unscathed.