Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c28.s11.1

v2.c28.s11.1

Three months after Panipat, Suraj Mal found himself delivered from the Marathas and the Durranis at the same time, and set himself to extending his possessions. He seized many Maratha jagirs in the Doab, recovered his own earlier annexations in the Aligarh and Bulandshahar districts which Abdali had seized in March 1760, and made fresh conquests at the expense of the Rajput and other zamindars within his reach. He crushed the Bhadauria Rajputs of Agra district and the Porach Rajput taluqdar of Mendu (in Aligarh), and did not spare even independent Jats like the zamindar of Mursan. "On this side of the Jamuna, from the gates of Delhi to the Chambal, there was no other government but his; and towards the Ganges it was almost the same... The reduction of Agra fort assured to Suraj Mal the tranquil possession of most part of that subah, because in fear of the imperial force posted in it he had so long confined himself to the region south of that city. But now he spread his dominion northwards up to Sarai Khwajah Basant, 20 miles from Delhi. West of the capital he engaged in creating a small separate State for his son Jawahir Singh," covering Mewat and the Baluch lordships near Rewari. Here Jhajhar and other small places fell to him, but Farrukhnagar held out till December 1763.