Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c57.3

v4.c57.3

Sarwar Kh. is mentioned by Skinner as the chief commander (i. 304). The supreme head of Sindhia's forces in this battle is named *Abaji* in the English despatches, clearly a Persian scribe's miswriting of *Ambaji* by dropping the dot (*nuqta*) for *n*. This name puzzled Grant Duff, who writes (iii. 253*n*), “I have not ascertained who this officer was. . . . It was perhaps one of Ambāji Inglé's *carcoons*.” The Marathi records clearly state that Ambāji fought the English at Laswari (Kharé, xiv. pp. 7938 and 7919). No clerk (*karkun*), whose name is utterly unknown in Marātha history could have been commander-in-chief of Sindhia's choice brigades at Laswari.