Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c28.s11.3

v2.c28.s11.3

Najib tried to come to terms with Suraj Mal. On 7th October 1761, Rajah Diler Singh from Delhi, accompanied by the Jat agents Rupram Kothari and Mohan Singh, went to Suraj Mal at Dankaur, and after five days' discussion it was agreed that Suraj Mal would be formally confirmed in his recent gains (Jhajhar and other places), subject to the payment of a tribute to the Emperor, for which Nāgar Mal stood security. Then two envoys from Najib visited the Jat Rajah, with a Quran on which Najib had sworn solemnly to safe-guard Suraj Mal, and arranged for an interview between the two chiefs near Delhi. On 19th October Abdali’s courier brought his letters from Kabul to Delhi calling upon the Indian chiefs to pay the promised tribute, and to report who was loyal to the Emperor and who not. A Durrani army was announced to be about to visit India soon, and the Shah himself behind it. On the 24th, Nagar Mal went to Suraj Mal to arrange for paying Abdali and also to persuade him to visit Najib near Delhi in order to settle terms, after which Najib, accompanied by Suraj Mal’s son, was to go to Shah Alam and conduct him to the imperial capital, with the support of all the Indian princes.