Editing Robert Clive (section)

=====Mughals=====
{{main|Treaty of Allahabad}}
[[File:Shah-alam-ii-mughal-emperor-of-india-reviewing-the-east-india-companys-troops-1781-1894 1247854.jpg|thumb|The [[Mughal Emperor]] [[Shah Alam II]], as a [[pensioner]] of the [[British East India Company]], 1781.]]

Clive came into direct contact with the Mughal himself, for the first time, a meeting which would prove beneficial in his later career. [[Shah Alam II|Prince Ali Gauhar]] escaped from [[Delhi]] after his father, the [[Mughal Emperor]] [[Alamgir II]], had been murdered by the usurping [[Vizier]] [[Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung III|Imad-ul-Mulk]] and his [[Maratha Empire|Maratha]] associate [[Sadashivrao Bhau]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=S.R. Sharma |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4j_VLlGqVSoC&pg=PA767 |title=Mughal Empire in India: A Systematic Study Including Source Material |date=1 January 1999 |publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist |isbn=978-81-7156-819-2 |pages=767– |access-date=11 July 2012}}</ref>

Prince Ali Gauhar was welcomed and protected by [[Shuja-ud-Daula]], the [[Nawab of Awadh]]. In 1760, after gaining control over [[Bihar]], [[Odisha]] and some parts of the Bengal, Ali Gauhar and his Mughal Army of 30,000 intended to overthrow Mir Jafar and the Company in order to reconquer the riches of the eastern Subahs for the [[Mughal Empire]]. Ali Gauhar was accompanied by Muhammad Quli Khan, Hidayat Ali, Mir Afzal, Kadim Husein and Ghulam Husain Tabatabai. Their forces were reinforced by the forces of Shuja-ud-Daula and [[Najib-ud-Daula]]. The Mughals were also joined by [[Jean Law de Lauriston|Jean Law]] and 200 Frenchmen, and waged a campaign against the British during the [[Seven Years' War]].

Prince Ali Gauhar successfully advanced as far as [[Patna, India|Patna]], which he later besieged with a combined army of over 40,000 in order to capture or kill Ramnarian, a sworn enemy of the Mughals. Mir Jafar was terrified at the near demise of his cohort and sent his own son Miran to relieve Ramnarian and retake Patna. Mir Jafar also implored the aid of Robert Clive, but it was Major [[John Caillaud]], who defeated and dispersed Prince Ali Gauhar's army.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}