Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c28.s6.13

v2.c28.s6.13

Mahadji Sindhia had at the very outset urged that unless tribute was realized from the Jat Rajah, nobody else would pay the Marathas anything, and therefore their army should not enter the Doab before making a settlement with Nawal Singh. This advice was set aside in favour of Tukoji Holkar’s alternative plan of working through Najib and against the Jats. As a Maratha agent complains, “We all gave the counsel to treat the Jat Rajah kindly, take from him whatever cash he readily paid down, and thus relieve the distress of our impoverished army. But instead of doing it, our chiefs have, by Holkar’s advice, sided with Najib Khan and under his guidance attacked the Jat possessions. All our plans, great and small, have been ruined by our alliance with Najib.”