Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c44.s2.24

v4.c44.s2.24

Ismail Beg contented himself with subjecting Kanud to a sort of blockade from a distance of 15 or 16 miles, so as to stop its food-supply, while he employed his captains more profitably in conquering as much of Shekhāwati and Tonwār-wati in the west and south-west and Hariānā in the north of Rewāri as they could. In this way Nārnaul, Kot Putli and Rohtak were occupied by his agents. Patan was attacked; but its chieftain (a kinsman of the Rajah of Jaipur), offered a long resistance and at last an accommodation was arranged and Ismail’s men withdrew from that town.