86 W. Irvine—The Bangash Nawibs of Farrukhabdd. [No. 2, 
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 kro and persuaded Apa 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 next day 
Mulhér Rado and Apa 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 Math-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 (Bdis/), 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 Apa 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, Mulhdér 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). 
About six months had elapsed from the defeat of the Wazir in Septem- 
ber 1750, when Nawab Ahmad Khén heard at Allahabad of the retreat of 
Shidil 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 by 
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 Néréyan. The author of the Siyar-ul-M. says, it was his uncle 
Sayyad ’Abd-ul-Ali Khan who first suggested calling in the Mahrattas. ‘ 
* The Siyar-ul-M, adds that the Jats were to get 15,000 Rs. and the Mahrattas — 
Rs, 25,000 a day. 
