Fall of the Mughal Empire v3.c38.s10.6

v3.c38.s10.6

Early at night he took deep counsel with his own people. The situation caused by the sudden removal of the imperial regent was no less dangerous to him than to Afrāsiyāb’s men. Hamadāni might make a pact with the latter for sharing the vacant Delhi State and the two Musalman forces together might make a treacherous attack upon the Hindu interloper. Sindhia’s Court had the lowest opinion of the Mughalia and Hindustani Muslims and their Kashmiri underlings, as the most heartless and selfish deceivers in the world. If such men found time to consolidate their power, they would certainly pack Mahadji off without the least scruple and defraud him of the subsidy and lands promised for the vast force that he had so long employed at their call. All the Maratha ministers urged Mahadji to lose no time in bringing the situation under control by asserting his own authority and awe over every one on the spot. The quaking imperialists piteously cried to him to save them from Hamadani's impending attack. So, Mahadji sent 2,000 cavalry under Ambaji Inglé to stand on guard round the imperial camp that night.