Fall of the Mughal Empire v3.c38.s7.1
Fall of the Mughal Empire v3.c38.s7.1
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v3.c38.s7.1
On 22nd December Mirzā Md. Shafi was given congee for Agra to undertake the pacification and administration of that province. He took Prince Sulaimān Shukoh and Najaf’s sister with him. The prince entered Agra fort on 23rd January 1783. The prestige of his name and the armed strength of the Mir Bakhshi cowed most of the rebels of that part. He spent the next two months there, “enforcing order and doing justice to the people,” and “that region enjoyed peace and orderly government once more.”* Here Major James Browne, who had been sent by Warren Hastings on a mission to the imperial Court, waited upon the Mir Bakhshi (on 27th Feb.) in order to prepare the ground for his visit to the Emperor.