Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c56.s1.7
Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c56.s1.7
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v4.c56.s1.7
In October 1798, Daulat Rao Sindhiā nominated Ambāji Inglé as his viceroy of Hindustan in the place of the rebel Lakhwā Dādā, and Perron acted in loyal co-operation with Ambāji. His reward was that Daulat Rao raised him to the same status that De Boigne had enjoyed, with the title of General. At the same time Sindhiā influenced the puppet Shah Alam II to confer on Perron (on 12th February 1799) the rank of a commander of 7,000 (haft-hazāri mansabdār) with the hyperbolical oriental titles, of Nāsir-ul-mulk, Intizām-ud-daulah, Bahādur, Muzaffar Jang. His military fiefs at this time, had an annual income of 27 lakhs of rupees. (Martineau, 65-66. PRC. viii. No. 123.)