Editing Muhammad Shah (section)

=== Loss of Gujarat and Malwa ''subahs'' ===
{{Main article|Bajirao I#March to Delhi (1737)|Battle of Bhopal}}

After decisively defeating Asaf Jah in February 1728 at the [[Battle of Palkhed]], [[Bajirao I]] and his brother [[Chimaji Appa]] re-invaded Malwa. The Mughal ''subahdar'' Giridhar Bahadur was defeated and killed at the battle of Amjhera in November 1729.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Singh |first=Raghubir |date=1947 |title=Fresh Light on the Battle of Amjhera: November 29, 1729 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44137163 |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume=10 |pages=375–386 |jstor=44137163 |issn=2249-1937}}</ref> Chimnaji Appa then unsuccessfully attempted to besiege the remnants of the Mughal army at Ujjain.<ref name="books.google.com.pk">{{cite book |author=Jaques, T. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3amnMPTPP5MC |title=Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A–E |publisher=Greenwood Press |year=2007 |isbn=9780313335372}}</ref> [[File:Elephants pushing cannons drawn by bullocks.jpg|thumb|[[Elephant]]s pushing [[Mughal artillery]] [[cannon]]s drawn also by bullocks.<ref>{{cite web |title=Elephants pushing cannons drawn by bullocks, Kota |url=http://warfare.uphero.com/Moghul/18thC/Elephants_pushing_cannons_drawn_by_bullocks_Kota-mid-18thC.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223222411/http://warfare.uphero.com/Moghul/18thC/Elephants_pushing_cannons_drawn_by_bullocks_Kota-mid-18thC.htm |archive-date=23 December 2014 |access-date=24 September 2014}}</ref>]]In 1731, Asaf Jah managed to secure the defections of influential Maratha leaders, such as [[Trimbak Rao Dabhade]] and Sanbhoji who threatened to abandon the Marathas and join the forces with the emperor Muhammad Shah. However, the defectors were overrun and killed by a large Maratha force led by Bajirao I and Chimnaji Appa during [[Battle of Dabhoi]].<ref name="books.google.com.pk" /> Bajirao I then attacked [[Gujarat Subah|Gujarat]] with his full force and drove out Sarbuland Khan by 1735.[[File:Mahout on an elephant; gouache on paper.jpg|thumb|left|An elephant and its mahout in service of the Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah.]]

Bajirao I defeated a well-trained Mughal army led by Amir Khan Bahadur at Rikabganj. He did not proceed with his victory although he could have taken the city unopposed.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Srinivasan |first=C. K. |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Baji_Rao_I_the_Great_Peshwa/Z0E_AAAAMAAJ?hl=en |title=Baji Rao I, the Great Peshwa |date=1961 |publisher=Asia Publishing House |pages=104 |language=en}}</ref> He withdrew after receiving intelligence of the advancing forces of Wazir [[Itimad-ad-Daula, Qamar-ud-Din Khan|Qamar-ud-Din Khan]]. Bajirao with his army retreated to the southeast at [[Badshahpur]], where he corresponded with the emperor Muhammad Shah, who ratified peace by agreeing the handover of [[Malwa]] to the [[Maratha Empire|Marathas]].<ref name="books.google.com.pk" />