Fall of the Mughal Empire v3.c36.s8.25

v3.c36.s8.25

Then followed the Emperor's journey to Jaipur which kept the Court away from Delhi till the 21st of April 1779. A new political game was now played. Abdul Ahad, seeing the path of his ambition barred on the east, south and west, turned to the north of Delhi and planned to establish his own authority in the name of the Emperor in the Pānipat region. For this purpose he had got his son-in-law Sayyid Ali Khan appointed faujdar of the Sonepat-Pānipat district (5 Feb. 1778.) But this tract was dotted with Sikh strongholds and some places in it were also held by Najaf Khan's collectors. Ahad's men could establish themselves there only by superior force.