Fall of the Mughal Empire v3.c39.11

v3.c39.11

and peace-envoy in this camp, was murdered by a Rajput soldier in his tent. The crime was imputed to the Macheri Rajah, whose diwān Haldia had at first been and whom he had next deserted and plundered in concert with Mirza Najaf. The Kachhwa contingent under him dispersed from the imperial camp in confusion like sheep without a shepherd. [Dy. i. 116—120. HP. 606. Ibr. ii. 92.]