Fall of the Mughal Empire v3.c41.s4.22

v3.c41.s4.22

Sawai Pratap Singh’s agent in these negotiations was the Gosain Himmat Bahadur who had been his mediator at Court in Mirza Najaf’s time and after. The Emperor was tempted with the hope of gaining large sums as tribute from the Rajput princes if only he appeared among them in person. So, leaving Delhi on 4th January 1788, Shah Alam reached Bharawas, six miles south of Rewari, and here the Jaipur envoys Himmat Bahadur and Daulat Ram Haldia, as well as Bhim Singh the Marwar Bakhshi, waited on him on the 28th of the month. The Jaipur Rajah had his first audience on 3rd February. The two Courts remained encamped here for a month which was spent by the Emperor in dunning the Rajah for the promised tribute and the Rajah in replying that his realm had been devastated by Mahadji Sindhia and he had no money to give. After these vain parleys, Pratap Singh was glad to take his Sovereign’s leave by giving bankers’ bills for Rs. 25,000. [DY. i. 262, 279, 274.]