Both parties encamped near Jaunpúr, at the distance of two or three kos from each other, and skirmishes took place between them. Two or three English officers fell into the hands of the Mughals of the Nawáb's army, and this obliged the English to propose terms of peace through the Mughal chiefs, who at their request advised the Nawáb to accept the terms. Bení Bahádur, and some other short-sighted and ignorant people dissuaded him from liberating the English officers, and he would not agree to peace. This created enmity and disaffection in the minds of the Mughal chiefs against the Nawáb, and they accordingly entered into an understanding with the English, that if they delivered the Nawáb into the hands of the English on the day of battle, they should be rewarded with appointments in the provinces. The Nawáb, being apprised of this, was greatly alarmed, because the Mughals were the most powerful body in his army. When the armies prepared to engage, the Mughals stood aloof, and as the Nawáb's affairs were reduced to a desperate condition, and a battle could not be hazarded, he broke up his camp near Jaunpúr, and retreated towards Lucknow.
When he reached that place, Simrú* Gárdí, who was at the head of ten or twelve thousand Gárdí Telinga* soldiers; Gusáín Anúp Gir, who commanded several thousand horse; and 'Alí Beg Khán, Shitáb Jang, and Ághá Bákir, who, though Mughals, had not joined with the insurgents, hastened to meet the Nawáb. Najaf Khán, Muhammad 'Alí Khán, Ághá Rahím and other Mughal chiefs, went over to the English, and the rest of the army fled.
On the 9th of Sha'bán, A.H. 1178 (1 Feb. 1765), the Nawáb with his whole family, and all the property which he could collect, marched from Lucknow towards Bareilly, which belonged to Háfiz Rahmat Rohilla. On leaving Lucknow, the Nawáb encamped at báoli (well), near Rustam-nagar.
Nawáb Shujá'u-d daula, having reached Bareilly, which formed
the ta'lúká of Háfiz Rahmat Rohilla, left his family there with
Simrú Gárdí, who was at the head of several thousand horse and
foot soldiers. He himself proceeded to Garh Muktesar, which is
situated on the banks of the Ganges, thirty kos from Sháh-
When Nawáb Shujá'u-d daula arrived at Farrukhábád, he requested Ahmad Khán and Muhammad Khán Bangash, Háfiz Rahmat, Dúndí Khán, Najíb Khán, and other Rohilla and Afghán chiefs, to lend him their aid; but through fear of the English they all refused to accompany him. Gházíu-d dín Khán 'Imádu-l Mulk, who was in those days with Ahmad Khán at Farrukhábád, accompanied Shujá'u-d daula from Farrukhábád to the Mahrattas at Kora. The Mahrattas went with them to the ferry of Jájmau, on the banks of the Ganges. The English left Alláhábád, and came to the same place, when Nawáb Shujá'u-d daula, Gházíu-d dín Khán and the Mahrattas resolved to oppose them.
After an obstinate battle, the army of the Mahrattas took to
flight, and having plundered on their way the city of Kora,
arrived at Kálpí. Gházíu-d dín, with a few men, fled to Farrukh-
Simrú, commander of the Gárdí regiment, who was now in the service and in charge of the family of the Nawáb, had been formerly in the employ of the English; and, taking some offence at them, had entered the service of Kásim 'Alí Khán, Governor of Bengal, and when the Khán was ruined, had entered at Baksar into the service of Nawáb Shujá'u-d daula. As peace was now made, the English demanded his surrender by the Nawáb; but the Nawáb, respecting his bravery and courage, did not consider it proper to comply, but dismissed Simrú from his service. Simrú, who was coming with the family of the Nawáb from Bareilly to Lucknow, learnt the news of his dismissal on the way. On this he petitioned for the arrears of his pay, and resolved to take severe measures in the event of refusal. The Nawáb Begam, mother of Nawáb Shujá'u-d daula, and Bení Bahádur, paid him what was due to him near Sháhábád, and then dismissed him. Having received his pay, he went to Jawáhir Singh Ját at Díg and Kumbher. The family of the Nawáb, with the Khánam Sáhiba and others, arrived at the báoli (well), near Lucknow, on the 9th Muharram, A.H. 1179 (28 June, 1765 A.D.), and pitched their tents there.
As by this time the Nawáb, in company with the English, had
reached Phúphámau, near Alláhábád; his family followed him to
the same place. * * But the English intimated to him that he
should leave the ladies of his family at Faizábád, and himself
accompany them to Maksúdábád, where their chief resided. The
Nawáb acted according to their request, and, having embarked in
a boat, accompanied them to that city by water, with only a few
attendants. When an interview took place between the English
and the Nawáb on the way between 'Azímábád and Maksúd-