94 W. Irvine—The Bangash Nawibs of Furrukhabad. (No. 2, 
party of Pathins. They made an onset in the other direction, and at this 
point the men from the next battery on the left or east came up to rein- 
force them. Abdullah Khan Warakzai, Zabita Khan Khatak, Anwar Khan 
Kochar, and others used their swords with such effect that the Mahrattas 
gave way. When Tantia saw that his men were on the point of taking to 
flight, and being angry at the disgrace of his former defeat, he dismounted 
and exclaimed that he would give up his life sooner than retreat. But his 
attendants forced him to remount and led him off to his camp. As the 
defeated Mahrattas began to flee, Nawdb Manstr ’Ali Khan Sdéhibzddah 
and the other leaders sent for their horses, and mounting hastened after 
them as far as the eastern corner of the bdgh, whence they saw that the 
Mahrattas in great confusion had reached their own camp. Manstir ’Al; 
Khan and the others, leaving the bdgh on their right hand, eame round to 
the west of it and halted. Nawdéb Ahmad Khan now rode up to the bat- 
teries, and directed the commanders not to leave their batteries nor to draw 
up their troops beyond the ravines, for the Mahrattas would give no fur- 
ther trouble. Mansir ’Ali Khan then returned to his old position, and Nawab 
Ahmad Khan accorded him great praise. All the commanders were ofdered 
to remain in their batteries on the alert. After this Nawab Ahmad Khan 
returned to his own quarters. 
After the investment of Fatehgarh had lasted a month and some days, 
there came the report of the near approach of Nawab Sa’dullah Khan. 
This news caused great anxiety to the Wazir, Mulhar Rao, and Apa Sendhia. 
Hafiz Rahmat Khan had written to the Wazir, that although he had done 
his best to dissuade Sa’dullah Khan, his advice had been rejected and the 
Nawab had marched to the aid of Ahmad Khan. He therefore advised the 
Wazir to make a peace with Ahmad Khan, in the best way he could, before 
Sa’dullah Khan arrived, for, according to the tradition, “ Peace is prefer- 
able to enmity.” 
Next day the Wazir went to Mulhdr Rao and Apa Sendhia’s quarters, 
and informing them of Sa’dullah Khan’s march, he asked what they 
thought. Mulhdr Rao and Apa Sendhid sending for their principal men 
reported the matter to them and asked their opinion. All the leaders, 
except Apa Sendhia, who gas privately favourable to Ahmad Khan, said 
they were entirely at the disposal of the Wazir, their opinion need not be 
asked, they would carry out whatever orders they received. The Wazir 
turning to Apa Sendhia asked the reason of his silence. He replied that 
there could be no dispute about the self-evident, what all men could see 
could not be doubted. They had in no way been slack in carrying on the 
war, Rao Tantid had kept up constant hostilities, yet they had not sueceed- 
ed. As for the Wazir’s army, which was made up of picked troops, its 
