Mughal Civil War
According to a Firman by Ahmad Shah Bahadur Hafiz Rahmat Khan was assigned to support Imad-ul-Mulk against the corrupt Mughal Grand Vizier Safdarjung, who was defeated and forgiven and thus withdrew to become just the Nawab of Awadh and died in 1753.
When Ahmad Shah Bahadur tried to have young Imad-ul-Mulk removed from the imperial court, the outcast then sought an alliance with the detested Maratha chieftain Sadashivrao Bhau. Together they deposed Ahmad Shah Bahadur after the devastating Battle of Sikandarabad in the year 1754.
Since then Hafiz Rahmat Khan entered the service of Najib-ul-Daula and constantly fought the Marathas led by Sadashivrao Bhau and opposed Imad-ul-Mulk.
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