To put away strife, and lay the foundations of peace, it was settled that Mír Jumla should depart to the súba of 'Azímábád (Patna) before Amíru-l umará Husain 'Alí started for the Dakhin. So with all despatch Mír Jumla was presented with his robe, and was sent off to Patna. Amíru-l umará further stated to the Emperor, “If in my absence you recall Mír Jumla to your presence, or if my brother, Kutbu-l Mulk Saiyid 'Abdu-llah, again receives similar treatment, you may rely upon my being here from the Dakhin in the course of twenty days.” He made another stipulation that the removal from and appointment to all jágírs and offices, and the change of commandants of forts, should be under his control. The Emperor was in such a difficult position that he deemed it advisable to comply. Moreover, according to common report, he nolens volens delivered over with his own hand to Amíru-l umará his signet ring, so that the farmáns appointing commandants of forts should not require the royal assent. For four or five months after the departure of Amíru-l umará there was a cessation of these exciting scenes.
[Text, vol. ii. p. 742.] Nizámu-l Mulk Bahádur Fath Jang, after receiving his appointment as Súbadár of the Dakhin, went to Khujista-bunyád (Aurangábád). It has already been stated that the fame of the sword of this renowned noble put a stop to the ravaging of the country and the plundering of the caravans, which the forces of the Mahrattas practised every year, without his having to fight with either the army of Rája Sáhú or Tárá Báí. But as the hands of the Mahrattas stretched everywhere, their agents appeared in all places according to usage to collect the chauth, that is to say, the fourth part of the land revenue of every district, which they levied every year. Nizámu-l Mulk's pride was too great to submit to this, and he was desirous of preventing the collection of chauth, and especially in the neighbourhood of Aurangábád. He wrote orders to the faujdárs and zila'dárs, directing them to oust the kamáísh-dárs of Rája Sáhú from several places dependent upon Aurangábád.
After the 'I'd-i fitr, in the second year of the reign, he went out with five or six thousand horse and a strong force of artillery to settle the country, and repel any attempt of the enemy's army. * * None of the Mahratta chiefs had the courage to face him, but fled at his approach; so, after satisfying himself as to the state of the country, and chastising some rebels, he returned to Aurangábád, where he arrived at the beginning of Zí-l hijja. After his return, the Mahrattas summoned up courage enough to begin plundering the caravans in remote districts. There was a caravan proceeding from Surat and Ahmadábád to Aurangábád, and Muhammad Ibráhím Khán Tabrízí, Bakhshí and Wáki'-nigár of Baglána, who with a party was travelling along with that caravan, was killed. In Rajab of the second year of the reign, 1125 (July, 1713), the enemy assembled twenty-three kos from Aurangábád, at a fort called Panáh-garhí, which they had built, as in other súbas, as a place of refuge for themselves in their retreats. [Defeat of the Mahrattas, and destruction of the forts by Nizámu-l Mulk's lieutenants.]
[Text, vol. ii. p. 750.] Intelligence arrived [in the Dakhin] of the appointment of Amíru-l umará Husain 'Alí Khán to the Súbadárí of the Dakhin, and of the despatch of a sanad appointing Najábat Khán Súbadár of Burhánpúr for civil affairs, and Haidar Kulí Khán his díwán for revenue matters. Nizámu-l Mulk accordingly left Aurangábád at the beginning of Safar, with the intention of proceeding to Court, and got as far as Burhánpúr. There he found that two or three Mahratta leaders with a large force were making threatening demonstrations; so he took horse, and went forth to attack them. * * The Mahrattas were unable to make any resistance, and after chastising and pursuing them for forty kos, he returned to Burhánpúr, and resumed his journey to Court.
Towards the end of Jumáda-l awwal, Husain 'Alí Khán, who was on his journey from the capital, and Nizámu-l Mulk, passed within one or two kos of each other. Although Husain 'Alí Khán wished very much to meet Nizámu-l Mulk, out of consideration for the feelings of the Emperor he passed on. When Amíru-l umará Husain 'Alí arrived at the ford of Akbarpúr on the Nerbadda, he there heard that Dáúd Khán Paní, Súbadár of Ahmadábád, having, in pursuance of orders, become Súbadár of Khándesh, had come to Burhánpúr. Husain 'Alí Khán also heard the common report that secret orders had reached Dáúd Khán, directing him neither to meet nor obey Husain 'Alí, but rather to do his best in resisting him, and hopes were held out of his being appointed Súbadár of the whole Dakhin. So Dáúd Khán had set his heart upon winning the Súbadárí, and had no intention of waiting upon Husain 'Alí Khán.
Amíru-l umará, upon hearing these matters, sent a message to Dáúd Khán to the effect: “The whole Súbadárí of the Dakhin has been confided to me, therefore you must not overstep the bounds of subordination, but must hasten to meet me. Otherwise you must proceed to the Emperor, so that there may be no disturbance and shedding of the blood of Musulmáns.” Dáúd Khán was unwilling to assent to either proposition, and although he very unwillingly came, he encamped outside the city; and he refrained from making his submission to Amíru-l umará Husain 'Alí, because he had very close relations with the Mahratta chiefs. Nímá Sindhiá, who was the most important of all the servants of the State, having heard a report of Dáúd Khán's going to Husain 'Alí and giving him his support, had come with several other chiefs and encamped near Burhánpúr, so that at the proper time he might join the stronger party. The dispute (guftgú) between Amíru-l umará and Dáúd Khán daily grew longer, and at length, in the beginning of Ramazán, it came to the test of battle. Amíru-l umará had 15,000 horse with him, and with these he went forth to battle. Dáúd Khán had not more than three or four thousand Afghán horse on that day; but he placed Híráman Baksariya, who was always his chief swordsman, in command of his advanced force, and came to the field of battle in the plain of the Lál Bágh of Burhánpúr. * * A desperate fight followed. * * Dáúd Khán had resolved to have a personal combat with Husain 'Alí Khán. He went into the field fully accoutred, and he directed his elephant-driver to place his elephant by the side of that ridden by Husain 'Alí. * * Although few men remained with Dáúd Khán, he fought most vigorously against Husain 'Alí. With the two or three hundred devoted Afghán horse which remained with him, he pressed forward, discharging arrows, to encounter Husain 'Alí. Great disorder and panic spread in the Amíru-l umará's force, and [many of his nobles] were killed and wounded.