Fall of the Mughal Empire v3.c38.s1.2

v3.c38.s1.2

Men, therefore, naturally turned to the late commander-in-chief's lieutenants in their quest for his successor. These were four, his chosen instruments in many an action and his recognised deputies in four different provinces: Afrāsiyāb Khan and Najaf Quli Khan (his two slaves), Mirzā Shafi Khan (his grand-nephew) and Muhammad Beg Hamadāni (the Mughalia leader.) The struggle for power among these four makes up the blood-red history of Delhi during the two years and a half that separate Mirzā Najaf's death from the Emperor's willing surrender to Māhādji Sindhiā as his Regent and commander-in-chief, (April 1782—November 1784.)