Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c47.4

v4.c47.4

From the lost field of Patan (20th June 1790), Mirzā Ismail Beg fled away to Jaipur, whose Rajah gave him shelter and lodged his wife and children in the Kachhwā capital for safety. Gradually some eight or nine thousand of his retainers rallied round him. Joined by four thousand local levies under the minister Daulat Rām Haldiā, he for some time guarded the approaches to Jaipur against a threatened Maratha advance. But Mahādji's generals bypassed Jaipur and went on to invade Marwār. The insolvent Jaipur Government* failed to pay the promised subsidy of one lakh of Rupees to Ismail and he was forced to look out for some other patron.