Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c56.s3.2

v4.c56.s3.2

So, Perron continued to govern Sindhia’s northern dominions, and utilised the respite to pile up the fortune to be carried home. In May next year, when Daulat Rao had marched to Burhanpur and his war with the English loomed close ahead, Perron sent him a formal letter seeking permission to resign his office and return to France. At the same time he obtained the British commander-in-chief’s permission to proceed to Lucknow. In British official circles it was well-known in July that Perron “anxiously desired to retire to Europe with his wealth and to dispose of his actual command and of his territorial possessions to some person.” [*As. An. Reg.* for 1804, Country News, p. 7, *PRC.* ix. 119 and 221.]