Fall of the Mughal Empire v3.c33.s5.3

v3.c33.s5.3

Meantime the ex-wazir Ghāziuddin Imād-ul-mulk had come unasked from his asylum at Farrukhabad to Agra (c. 4 May), where he was visited by the Maratha chiefs with due honour. Then he forced himself as an unbidden guest on Sindhia’s camp. This introduced a fresh complication into Maratha affairs in the North, because their reception of the mortal enemy of the house of Alamgir II at once filled Shah Alam with the suspicion that they were planning to set up some other prince on the throne and govern the Empire through Ghāzi-ud-din as his wazir. This incident also antagonised Shujā and the English towards the Marathas. But the Marathas had not really formed any plot with him against Shah Alam; they were merely wavering, uncertain what to do in the changed political situation of Delhi since their last visit in 1760. [DC. CPC. iii. 216. SPD. xxix. 260, pp. 307-310.]