Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c55.s2.5
Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c55.s2.5
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v4.c55.s2.5
The choice of Shāhji as his own Resident at the Delhi darbār was forced on Mahādji by his want of a capable Marātha agent. Shāhji’s merit lay in his spiritual influence over the weak-minded Emperor and the expected obedience of the people of the capital to such a generally respected personage. This hold of Shāhji on Mahādji Sindhiā was made doubly strong when the holy man married his son Amir Muhammad Khan to the grand-daughter of Sindhia’s Muslim guru, Shāh Mansur of Bir.