With the fall of Golkonda naturally this region passed
into the possession of the Mughal Empire. Tirupati came under Carnatic Nawabs. The
territory of Arcot province enjoyed a measure of prosperity and good
administration under Sadat Ulla Khan, and his successors Dost Ali for a period
of more than thirty years. Sadat Ulla Khan, as Nawab ruled till AD 1732 and was
succeeded by his nephew Dost Ali as the Nawab of Carnatic" The Marathas invaded
the Carnatic and, before Dost Ali had intimation of it they were already at the
head of the pass leading into Chittoor. Dost Ali made the best of the bad
bargain, and took his stand at the pass of Damalacheruvu through which the
Marathas had to descend by the Kallur pass to get into the plains.
Notwithstanding the strong defense, Dost Ali suffered a
defeat, both himself and his son Hussain Ali falling in a battle in AD 1740 AD.
Safdar Ali, son of Dost Ali, had come up in obedience to the commands of the
father after plundering the country, the Marathas under Raghoji Bhonsle agreed
to withdraw on the payment of a crore of rupees, which Safdar Ali agreed to
pay. Safdar Ali now became nawab and for greater safety shifted his capital to Vellore,
where his cousin Murtaz Ali was at that time holding the governorship in
succession to his father. He had accumulated much wealth and had married a
sister of Safdar Ali. When differences broke out between them the Nizam invaded
the Carnatic at the head of a very large Army.
The government at Arcot submitted and the Nizam
confirmed the infant Muhamad Ali as the Nawab and appointed Anwar-ud-din as a
guardian to the young prince. Anwar-ud-din removed the young prince of Arcot
and was carrying on the administration from there, when the occasion of a
marriage in June AD 1744 was taken as an advantage to assassinate the young
prince. Anwar-Uddin shifted the Nizam and was rewarded with the Nawabship of
the Karnataka in AD 1744.
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