Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c54.s7.4

v4.c54.s7.4

The course of events will become clearer if we follow the campaign of each division separately. The first on the scene was Fath Singh Māné. Arrived at Dongargāon, 11 miles north of Ahmadnagar on 25th June, he sent a cavalry force on to raid the environs of that city. The country round was pillaged by his vanguard under Jagan-nāth Rām Shenvi, but the famous fort held out under its Sindhian commandant. Soon afterwards Māné removed to Farhā Bāgh, six miles s.e. of Ahmadnagar, with his whole army, killed a few hundred Arab defenders and plundered half of the town (peth) lying outside the fort walls (c. 7th July). A week earlier he had detached a force under Abāji Lakshman who occupied Sindhia’s ancestral village of Jāmgāon, 16 miles south-west of Ahmadnagar and began to dig up the floors of the houses for concealed treasure.