Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c28.s7.4

v2.c28.s7.4

The last eight years of his life were one long struggle with painful illness and new foes,—such as the Jats and Sikhs,—and during these years he was not once aided by Durrani arms, but held his own to the last. The peace and mild government which he gave to his territories, enabled him to accumulate a vast treasure, not by plunder but from the surplus revenue of a prosperous estate, and to leave his successor Zabita Khan the richest prince in Northern India after the Jat king.