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state the Wazir himself had seen. Ahmad Khan had got the better of 
both their army and of the Wazir’s, and when Sa’dullah Khan joined him 
it would be quite impossible for any one to beat the united force. The 
Wazir then admitted to the Mahratta leaders that Hafiz Rahmat Khan, 
in stating that Sa’dullah Khan had been led astray by Bahadur Khan, 
added that it would be best for the Wazir to make a peace before Sa’dullah 
Khan arrived. The Wazir requested their opinion. They answered that 
there could be nothing better than to do as suggested, for then further 
losses on both sides would be prevented. The Wazir asked the best way 
to open negociations ; for if on their side the first advances were made, it 
would lower their dignity. Apa Sendhia said, that inhis opinion, the objec- 
tion could be obviated by calling in Nawab Ghairat Khan and Himmat 
Khan, who were themselves Pathans. 
Mulhar Rado and Apa got up, followed by their chief men, and assem- 
bled in another place. They sent for Nawab Ghairat Khan and Himmat 
Khan. The Mahrattas told them that they did not wish that Nawab Ah- 
mad Khan should be reduced to extremities, that he should be expelled 
from his territories or lose his life in battle. As they wished for peace 
* between Ahmad Khan and the Wazir, they asked them to negociate. The 
two Pathans recounted all the wrongs received by Ahmad Khan’s family 
at the hand of the Wazir, and upbraided the Mahrattas for forgetting the 
former friendship between them and the house of Ghazanfar Jang. The 
Mahrattas admitted the former friendship, but pleaded the farmdn of the 
Emperor of all Hindustan, which had directed them to serve under the 
Wazir. Still they had not exerted themselves much, in fact had acted 
purposely with carelessness and negligence. Ghairat Khan and Himmat 
Khan then commented unfavourably on the Emperor’s treatment of the 
Bangash family, and made other objections. At length they were talked 
over and withdrawing their objections, they asked what the proposals were. 
Mulhar Rao asked them to go home, and he would assemble the leaders ; 
when a decision had been arrived at, they should be informed. 
The two Pathans left and went to their tents, while the Mahrattas 
remained to discuss the matter among themselves. At last it was decided 
that ten lakhs of rupees should be given by the Wazir as the price of blood 
for the sons of Ghazanfar Jang, and that, besides the ancient territory, the 
Wazir should make over two of his own Mahils, Pali and Sandi,* which 
adjoined the other lands of Ahmad Khan. When they went to the Wazir 
and informed him, he accepted their decision. The leaders then proceeded 
to the quarters of Nawab Ghairat Khan and Himmat Khan, where they 
made them acquainted with the proposed terms, which they considered very 
* Both now in the Hardoi district of Audh, 
