Machine summary:
" When Ahmad Shah arrived near Delhi and !mad after meeting him was placed under ser• veillance, two or three sardars of Imad-ul-mulk of the Hia Afghan race, like Shah Dil Khan and others, entered the camp of the Afghans, and the Marathas who were 5,000 troopers, fled away.
That day Najib plundered the mansion of Imad in anger for it, at the instigation of Qutb Shah ; some men were slain, and utter dishonouring ( of women) took place, After the plunder, the women of Imad came out of the harem, to the outer door, on foot, with burqas thrown over their persons ; from that point Saifuddin Md. Khan put them in carts (raths) and conducted them to the house of Rajah Nagar Mal.
Shuja, on hearing this news, arrived near, and the Marathas became very much depressed but did not withdraw from the siege of Shukartal, Suddenly messengers came from Ahmad Shah to report that that Emperor was coming from Kabul to this side and had sent them (in advance); they brought his letter for the Afghan 1sa sardars in which he urged them strongly, saying, " I have put off the business of Tur an and Iran out of regard for the honour of the Afghans, and started on this holy war arid you, in spite of your nearness to Najib, have not come to his aidl It is now proper that you should quickly join him, and clear that land of the thorn and brambles of the infidels before mv arrival.