Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c29.5

v2.c29.5

But at the beginning of next year Ahmad Shah became free by crushing the Marathas at Panipat (14th Jan. 1761.) Then, after settling the affairs of Delhi, he left the imperial city on 20th March and reached Ambala on the 27th. Posting Zain Khan Mohmand as his new faujdar at Sarhind and granting Ala Singh Jat a rescript* confirming him in the possession of the Patiala principality in return for a tribute of 5 lakhs, the Durrani king moved on to Lahor, arriving there on 26 April. He was indignant at the weakness of Buland Khan, which had left the suburbs of the provincial capital to be turned into a howling wilderness, and punished him with dismissal. Then, appointing Khwajah Abid Khan as subahdar of the Panjab, Abdali passed quickly on to his own country via Sialkot, to avoid a second summer in the Indian plains.