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princes, the governor of Ahmedabad and Cambay followed the 

 example, and assumed the sovereignty of that part of Guzerat; 

 which continued in succession to Mohman Khan, who was the 

 last Mogul prince in Ahmedabad ; for during his reign, the Mah- 

 rattas under Kagonauth Row conquered it about the middle of 

 the eighteenth century. The nabob fled lo Cambay, and submitted 

 to the limits of a small territory, subject to the humiliating condi- 

 tion of paying an annual choute, or tribute, to the Mahrattas. 

 Mohman Khan was the nabob of Cambay during my several 

 visits to that capital. 



Ahmedabad continued under the Mahratta government until 

 1779? when an English army, commanded by general Goddard, 

 took it by storm; and, for political reasons, the city with its imme- 

 diate territory, was ceded to Futty Singh, a Hindoo chieftain of 

 Guzerat, leaving an English garrison in the citadel, which they 

 were in possession of on my arrival; at the termination of the war 

 in 1783 it was restored to the Mahrattas. 



I could not describe this celebrated city, without adverting 

 to its former splendour, and the cause of its decay, which im- 

 perceptibly led me to an outline of the general history of Hin- 

 dostan, under its ancient rajahs, and the subsequent governments 

 of the Pathan and Mogul princes, during the latter dynasty, when 

 the empire enjoyed tranquillity, arts,science, agriculture, and manu- 

 factures, were encouraged, and the blessings of peace amply dif- 

 fused, even under a despotic government. Few reigns can be 

 perused with more delight than that of Akber, who is more en- 

 titled to the character of Great, than many on whom it has been 

 bestowed; his name, like Alfred's, fills the mind with delight; he 



