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W. Irvine —The Bang ash JVawabs of Farrulchdhdd. [No. 4, 
Antri in the country of Bhadawar. Accordingly on the 21st Ramzan, 1148 
H. (24th Jan. 1736), a division of two thousand horse and two thousand foot, 
under Zabardast Khan, Rasul Khan and others, was sent to Dholpur to pro¬ 
tect the ferries on the Chamhal. The zamindars of the Dandota, Satgir, 
Ardwar, Tunpuri and Gujar clans were granted IchilcCts , and posted from 
point to point (ndkabancli) to guard the routes. This task was efficiently 
performed, although the naib faujdar of Dholpur had retreated. A party 
of the enemy posted themselves at Nurabad and came daily to the ferries, 
but found they were unable to cross. Muhammad Khan exercised similar 
vigilance in Akbarabad ; at length the Mahrattas went back to Bhadawar, and 
there rejoined their other army. Gwaliar was held by ’Umr Khan, with two 
thousand men from Mau under Kale Khan Khatak, Slier Khan Warakzai 
and Ahmad Khan Afridi, added to one thousand men of Gwaliar itself. 
The usual complaints now commenced of want of means, and of diffi¬ 
culties about the pay of the troops. Yakut Khan, Khan Bahadur, was 
sent home to bring five lakhs of rupees, but after great difficulty he pro¬ 
vided 1,20,000 rupees. This was like a drop of water on a fire. Muhammad 
Khan, though ready and willing, professed to have no money, and for a year 
had been waiting in Akbarabad, put off from day to day with promises. 
Muhammad Khan’s efforts were further paralysed by doubts of the 
policy favoured at Court. He exclaims that he could not find the word to 
the enigma ; while he waited for orders to march on Dholpur, the infidels 
resorted to Delhi, where they received audience of His Majesty. They were 
received as friends, and money was bestowed on them. Should he march to 
Dholpur and fight the enemy, he might be told by the ministers that peace 
had been concluded, and that he had only thrown matters into confusion. 
He reports that Baji Rao had one hundred thousand horsemen in 
Bundelkhand, Bhadawar and Gwaliar. Part of them had gone towards 
Kalpi intending to plunder Kora. The sons of Chattarsal and Bhagwant 
(of Ghazipur in the Fathpur district) had agreed to pay them lakhs, and to 
levy krors of rupees for them in that country ; other Hindu Rajahs and 
zamindars beyond the Jamna and Chambal had pricked up their ears, and 
even some parties of Muhammadans from Malwa had entered their service. 
The Bhadauriya Rajah like the rest had come to terms with the invaders. 
In no way had Baji Rao quitted the service of Rajah Sahu, nor had the 
Mahrattas ceased to harry the Imperial territory. At such a criticalmoment, 
the Nawab could not understand why Burhan-ul-Mulk was sent to his 
Subah, and Rajah Abhai Singh of Marwar to his home. 
At length Rajah Jai Singh Sawae wrote to say that, on the 8th Rabi 
I, 1149 H. (5th July, 1736), Baji Rao and his son had submitted to the 
Imperial authority. With Ranuji Sendliia, Mulhar Holkar, Baswant Rae 
Punwar, and other companions, he sought an interview with the Rajah at 
