Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c28.s3.2

v2.c28.s3.2

Meantime, his patron, Ahmad Shah, had been defeated by the Sikhs and recalled quickly to Afghanistan by disorder in his own army and kingdom (end of March 1764.) In the following September, Najib, anticipating the storm visibly brewing from the new Jat Rajah's quarter, sent his own envoy Meghraj to Abdali in Qandahar, via Jammu. In response to this appeal, Ahmad Shah reached Mustafabad-Buria (25 m. s.e. of Ambala) by rapid marches in February 1765; but by that time Najib had already made peace with his enemy, and Abdali hurried back to his own country without giving Najib time to meet him.