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two hundred and sixty miles south of Delhi. At first, Apa Sendhia de- 

 manded two krors of rupees, while Ram Narayan offered fifty lakhs. At 

 length Mulhar Rao consented to take one kror and persuaded A'pa Sen- 

 dia, who at length agreed ; or some say the agreement was for twenty -five 

 thousand rupees a day while the campaign lasted.* At any rate the Mah- 

 rattas commenced their march towards Delhi, where they soon arrived. A 

 man of rank was sent out some distance to meet them, and the nest day 

 Mulhar Rao and A'pa Sendhia had an audience of the Emperor, at which 

 they were invested with khila'ts. The Wazir had sent for Suraj Mall Jat, 

 who also received a robe of honour. The Wazir then requested orders to 

 march, and the Emperor bestowing a IPath-pech (a kind of turban ? ) on 

 Safdar Jang, directed him to march with his army against Ahmad Khan. 

 Safdar Jang crossed the Jamna with his own troops, and those attached to 

 him, that is, the royal army (Bdisi), the Mahrattas, and the Jats. 



Safdar Jang's first order to the Mahrattas was to expel Shadil Khan, 

 the Farrukhabad 'Amil, from the neighbourhood of Koil, and then to follow 

 up his retreat to Farrukhabad. Mulhar Rao and A'pa Sendhia sent off 

 Pindara horsemen to spoil and burn throughout Ahmad Khan's territory. 

 Hastening off as ordered, they began their usual plundering and surround- 

 ed Shadil Khan. Soon after this, Mulhar Rao and Apa Sendhia arrived in 

 person and began an attack. Although his force was small compared with 

 that of the enemy, Shadil Khan maintained his position for a time and did 

 all that was in his power. After holding his own for one day and killing 

 a good many of the enemy, he withdrew across the Ganges to Kadir Chauk, 

 in parganah Aujhani of the Budaon district, whence after writing an ac- 

 count of affairs to Ahmad Khan at Allahabad, he marched eastwards along 

 the left bank of the Ganges towards Farrukhabad. Shadil Khan's retreat 

 took place in the early part of Jumadi I. 1164 H. (17th March, 15th April, 

 1751). 



Abotit six months had elapsed from the defeat of the Wazir in Septem- 

 ber 1750, when Nawab Ahmad Khan heard at Allahabad of the retreat of 

 Shadil Khan before the Mahrattas. He sent for Rajah Pirthipat and told 

 him that, in order to repel the Wazir, he must return home at once ; and b$ 

 God's favour, having again defeated his enemy, he would rejoin the Rajah 

 and occupy the eastern districts. The Rajah said he had one piece of advice 

 to give, which was that he thought it inexpedient to return to Farrukhabad 



Kishor and Lachmi Narayan. The author of the Siyar-ul-M. says, it was his uncle 

 Sayyad 'Ahd-ul-Ali Khan who first suggested calling in the Mahrattas. 



* The Siyar-ul-M. adds that the Jats were to get 15,000 Es. and the Mahrattas 

 Rs. 25,000 a day. 



