Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c28.s11.7

v2.c28.s11.7

Next year, the Jat attempt to enforce law and order in that immemorial robbers’ den known as Mewat and guard the roads leading out of their kingdom, brought about an open war between Suraj Mal and Najib, the patron of the harbourers of these robbers. Musavi Khan, the son and successor of Kamgar Khan, was the strongest of the numerous petty Baluch chiefs in the Gurgaon-Rohtak district west of Delhi. He led a contingent of over 2,000 of his clansmen, with whom he had joined Najib soon after the latter’s entry into Delhi as regent. During the Panipat campaign he had aided the Afghan cause by closing the roads west of Delhi to the Marathas and cutting off their stragglers convoys and couriers. His seat was Farrukhnagar, (30 miles south-west of Delhi), a very well-fortified place.