1 K£BEIX10N OF PRINCE MAUMOQD.
2 571
3 MOfing by lapid inarches) to attack tha flScs in their retreats, to drivt aivagr
4 Aeir oattle^ and seize or destroy their grain : he reduced such forts as wan
5 within his reach, and at the same time he gave great encoiiragement to any"
6 Sik chiels who Would subTnit to him. His plan was in sonu' mea«mre
7 obstructed by the persuasions oi his bigotted Mooliahs, by tlie rapacity of the
8 vizier, andby tfaaHeamaaf tha aoldiay} kutimpilaof AoieiiiifitranA
9 ciiaiiiistKDoia, ba mada aotne ftogreH in inrtncingtha Sikito joiiilBa^ and
10 aevandcf diair dne& attendad hk oouftatLahova.
11 The advance of the Doofaiinae anny^, and the occupation of Lahore, did
12 not fail in creating a strong «?ensation throughout India. The weaknes'? of
13 the Mahrattas, the whole of whose forces were drawn to the southward by
14 their own disaensions} the feebleness of the government of tlie Nabob vizier,
15 and the dispoaitum of the greater part of his subjects to ioaorrection and
16 ftvolt; togeAaririthllManiialjafatttlwMUKWiiBa^^
17 ofdMirfaligion, and ftr tfn mtamtian of thehowa ofTfaaav, Mpva-
18 pared 4aft oomitfy for »soane.of disorder and anarchy, whidi wonld doubt
19 less have opened as soon as the Shauh had advanced to Delly. This state of
20 aifairs was ear!y perceived by the powers wh(^e safety was threatened. The
21 Mahrattas indeed were struck with dismay, and made UtUe preparation to
22 d^end themselves, except by sdicitiiig the aanatance of their neighbours ;
23 but Hm BritUi gomuaank udoftoi man ngomua natntaa, «ud aai^ ■
24 poveffhl army to Anoofdiabar to dcAad the inontiar of its ally tba IBabilb
25 Nor were the pnrtizans of Shaidi Zemaun more inactive ; intrigues were
26 set on foot in m;iny parts of Hindostan tor the purpose of co-operating with
27 that pnnce's invasion: the Rohiilas had begun to assemble in arms, and
28 every . Mussulman, even in tba remotest regtoos of the Deccan, waited in
29 anaioiiie^eotatioulbr tba advance of tfiecbaiH|wan of Tfaaaabopaa
30 audtfaasaappfahaniioaBiiiiudniNlladlvtbatiaia bjiba Mmu af flaaob
31 aenwnt^s aspeditions ; but the impreasion of hja advance waa panaaaaat.
32 Some years elapsed before the Marattas were relieved from their expectati(m
33 of the api>earancc of another Ahmed Shauh ; and the principal object of the
34 British III l^ St Oil tu Persia in 1799, was to secure a three yeara suipenaion of
35 tiie tiircaiuueU attack of JSbauh Zemaun.
36 flbanh Zemaua'a letraat in 1797 waa occaabaed by iutalligaBoa iaUob
37 laadiedhiaiofa iebaUMBinhiaoTOdoariitia^ Maoe Mabmd, tfaoogb
38 atill allowed to retain bis government of Heraut, bad shewn an mdnialkNi to
39 tabdbefoia the King aat out far India, and» dnrii^ hia ahpaneatifaa had mum >
40 4d 2
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