 Adina Beg promised to pay 1 lakh rupees for each marching day and half a lakh for each day of halt.Hearing of this, Abdus Samad Khan Mohmand of Sarhind, a close ally of Abdali, marched to Thaneshwar in October 1757, where he was joined by Najib-ud-daulah's son.Ragunathrao and Malharrao avoided the bait of attacking Abdus Samad Khan and circled around Delhi for a time.