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terecl about in small parties at the Thdnas lie bad established. In all, about 
four thousand horsemen were left with his standards. Humours now be¬ 
gan to spread that the Mahrattas, who had just defeated and slain the 
Nazim of Malwa (Girdhar Bahadur), had been sent for ; but relying on the 
solemn covenant which had been entered into, Muhammad Khan treated 
all that he heard as popular falsehoods. He collected no supplies nor any 
stores of grain. 
It was not till the Mahrattas were within eleven Jcos of his camp, that 
Muhammad Khan became assured of their approach. By great exertions, 
he increased his force to about nine thousand or ten thousand horse and the 
same number of foot. He proceeded to throw up an entrenchment round his 
camp. Diwan Harde Sahe, the eldest son and heir of Chattarsal, remained so 
far faithful to his engagements as to take no active part in the attack ; but 
all the others went over to the Mahrattas. The only other ally was Kajah 
Jai Singh of Maudah, but he seems to have been a half-hearted one, for he 
insisted on discharging most of the one thousand men he commanded, and 
retained with him no more than one hundred horse and one hundred foot. 
Kunwar Lachman Singh, brother of the Kajah of Orchha, attended for a 
time with four or five hundred men, but soon withdrew on some excuse. 
There were great difficulties caused by the want of money, the revenue of 
Chakla Kora not being received. Gunpowder and other requisites were 
also needed, and the Emperor was asked to send one thousand mans of lead, 
one thousand mans of gunpowder, two large cannons, and fifty “ rahkla.” 
The Mahratta army was commanded by Baji Kao, the diwan of Kajah 
Sahu, Pila Jadon and others, twelve leaders in all. No account could be 
got of the force they had when they started, but on the way they had been 
joined by all turbulent spirits among the zamindars, who came in the hope 
of plundering and laying waste the imperial territory. The total force had 
thus swelled to nearly seventy thousand men besides an equal number of 
Bundelas. 
On Wednesday the 22nd Sha’ban of the 11th year (1141 PI. = 12th 
March 1729), the Mahrattas sent out a party to the hills of Ajhnar, who 
came within one Jcos of Muhammad Khan’s encampment and reconnoitered 
the position. They fell on the grazing cattle of the camp followers, but 
were soon driven away by the Muhammadans, who brought in three heads 
and some horses. 
The next day, before sunrise, the Mahrattas advanced by the right and 
left to the rear of the camp, where they cut off the camels and other beasts 
of burden when going out for grass. Troops were sent out to recover the 
camels and the fighting went on till midday. The same tactics were repeat¬ 
ed on the 24th (14th March, 1729), and the enemy were again repelled, 
twenty heads being brought in. 
