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nor of Khandesh, and Sadat Khan, an old officer now blind of ho 
eyes, was sent as commandant of the fort at Ahmadnagar. 1 ‘Alim ‘All 
Khan was put under the tutelage of Shankara Mulhar, a trusted agent 
of Rajah Sahu. 2 About November, 1718, Husain ’All Khan started 
himself, 3 accompanied by Sayyad Asadullah (Nawab Auliya), the sons 
of Jan Nisar Khan, ‘Iwaz Khan, deputy governor of Barar, Asad ‘Ali 
Khan, the one-handed, the ‘All Murad Khaui, Dil Daler Khan (brother 
of Lutfullah Khan, Sadiq), Ikhtisas Khan (grandson of Khan Zaman), 
HajI Saifullah Khan, Zia-ud-din Khan, diwan of the Dakhin, Firuz ‘All 
Khan, Barhah, the Amir-ul-umarcL’s Bakhshi, Diyanat Khan (grandson 
of AmanatKhan, ‘Khafi), Rajah Jai Singh, Bundelah, Rajah Muhkam 
Singh, one of the chief employes, and Khizr Khan, Panni (sister’s son of 
Daud Khan, Panni). 4 5 In all there were twenty-two imperial comman¬ 
ders, many of whom followed unwillingly. There were 8,000 or 9,000 
of his own troops and 11,000 or 12,000 Mahrattas, besides Bhils and 
Talingas. He carried with him nearly all the civil establishments 
of the Dakhin, and anyone who made excuses and turned back was 
punished by the loss of his jdgii\ h The total force was 25,000 
horsemen, besides the artillery, and 10,000 to 11,000 infantry armed 
with matchlocks. At the head of: the Mahrattas were Bala Ji lYiswa- 
nath, the Peshwa, Khandu Rao Dhabariyah, Santa, 6 and some 
others. These leaders received horses and elephants, robes of honour, 
1 Khafi Khan, II., 797. 
S For Shankara, see Grant Duff, 197, Khafi Khan, II., 796. 
8 Khafi Khan, the historian, was himself present in Husain ‘Ali Khan’s army, 
see II., 798. He had just been removed from the faujddrl of Hustafabad. 
Muhammad Qasim, Lahori, 225. Ikhtisas Khan, eldest son of Manavrar 
Kian, Qutbi, son of Manavvar Khan, son of Khan Zaman, Ma,dsir-ul-umard, III., 
655, Zia-ud-din Khan, ddwan of the Dakhin, see Ma, dsir-ul-umard , III., 36, and Khafi 
Khan, II., 790, Diyanat Khan, grandson of Amanat Khan, Ma,dsir-ul-umard, I., 
258. Diyanat Khan, No. 2, id. II., 62, Rajah Mukham Singh (Khatri), Ma,asir-uZ- 
umard, II., 330, died Jamadi II, 1137 H., Tarikh-i-Muhammadl. For the Pannis, see 
Mci,dsir-ul-umard, II., 63. Instead of “ Jai Singh ” the Siyar-ul-muta, akharm has 
“ Par tit Singh.” 
5 Khafi Khan, II., 803. 
6 Or Khandi. This man was Rajah Saku’s 80 -called Sfcbahddr in Khandesh, 
(Khafi Khan, II., 798). An abstract of his career runs thus (Grant Duff, 162, 163, 
196, 209) : he was present at the council held after the death of Sambha Ji (1689); 
and took a part in the flight of Raja Ram. In 1716, after a long absence, he re¬ 
appeared at the court of Satara and was made Senajpati (commander-in-chief). He 
died iu 1721, shortly after the defeat of ‘Alim All Khan. Santa Ji was said to be 
the natural son of Parsu JI, Bhonslah (G. Duff, 199, note). Briggs in a note (p. 178) 
calls him Santa Ji, Kadam, 
