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more generally known by the appellation of the Nanna, or Nanna 
Saib, succeeded him as peshwa; his second son was called indiscri- 
minately Ragonath Row, Ragobah, and Dadda Saib, names which 
I shall hereafter explain. Ballajee Row was invested by Sab rajah 
at Satarra, with the dignities of peshwa and purdun pud: he 
made his constant abode at Poonah, an open town in the latitude 
of 18° 30' north, and 73° 55' east longitude, situated at the con- 
flux of the rivers Moota and Moolah , which, for the convenience 
of assembling and subsisting the large armies of the Mahratta 
cavalry, had become the favourite residence of the peshwas, and 
has since grown into the capital of the Mahratta empire. 
Under the administration of Ballajee Row, the Mahrattas 
established a tribute on the eastern provinces of Bengal: great 
confusion took place in the Deccan on the death of Nizam al 
Doula; the subsequentassassination of his eldest son,Ghazd al Deen, 
and his second son, Massir Jung, previous to the settlement of the 
Mogul vice-royalty of the Deccan in the person of the third son, 
Sullabat Jung, who afterwards made way for his brother, the pre- 
sent Nizam ul Mulk. Under this peshwa the Mahrattas became 
well acquainted with the operations of European regular troops, 
the French having been introduced by the competitors for the suc- 
cession of Nizam al Doula, and the Mahrattas having entertained 
some corps under native and European partizans, to facilitate their 
operations against fortified places; in his time also the great 
members of the Mahratta aristocracy, the Bhosla family in Nag- 
pore, under Ragojee, and the Gugkwar in Guzerat, under Damo- 
jee, having assumed too much independence, were reduced to sub- 
jection: and although he had lost the able assistance of his uncle, 
