Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c55.s2.8
Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c55.s2.8
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∗ In June 1796 Jaswant Rao Sindhiā (a great-grandson of Ranoji) became subahdār of Delhi after the dismissal of Shāhji, but Daulat Rao Sindhia replaced him by Shāh Hāji, a personal servant or Khawās of Prince Akbar Shah on 5th Feb. 1797. In May 1798 Nizām-ul-din (through his son) was reappointed by Sindhia to his old post and held it till July 1801. On 6th Oct. 1799, Prince Akbar and some other sons of Shāh Alam seized Nizām-ud-din, gave him a beating, and kept him confined in the fort for some days, after which he was released. The subahdāri was next given to Perron who held it till the British conquest. Perron discharged the duties of this office through his deputy Drugeon (his first choice, M. Bernier having been found incompetent). DY. DC. PRC. viii. 177, 178. ix. 257, 27.