Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c30.s3.6

v2.c30.s3.6

and crossed over to the Barha Sayyids' country at Miranpur in the middle Doab, about 12th August. Here Najib waited on him on the 19th with costly presents and furniture and undertook to feed his household and troops. The rainy season was now fully on, and the prince had to halt here for some months. Here he added a Sayyid girl to his harem under the title of Mubārak Mahal. But Najib was not prepared to provoke a war with the wazir and his Maratha backers by supporting the prince in any attack upon the imperial dominions; he merely advised him to seek the help of Shujā-ud-daulah, who was the hereditary enemy of Imād and the strongest noble in Hindustan.