, ▁who ▁was ▁now ▁with ▁M ub á riz - ul - M ulk ▁at ▁Me hs á na , ▁ad vised ▁him ▁to ▁conc ili ate ▁the ▁influ ential ▁family ▁of ▁B á bi . ▁Under ▁his ▁advice , ▁Sal á bat ▁Muhammad ▁Kh án ▁B á bi ▁was ▁appointed ▁governor ▁of ▁V í ram g ám , ▁and ▁J aw án ▁M ard ▁Kh án ▁governor ▁of ▁P át an . ▁Short ly ▁afterwards ▁M url id hard ás , ▁the ▁Gu jar á ti ▁minister ▁of ▁H ám id ▁Kh án , ▁desert ed ▁his ▁master ' s ▁decl ining ▁cause . ▁When ▁Kant á ji ▁heard ▁that ▁M ub á riz - ul - M ulk ▁had ▁arrived ▁at ▁P eth á pur , ▁only ▁eigh teen ▁miles ▁from ▁Á h med áb ád , ▁he ▁retired ▁to ▁Me hm ú d áb ád . ▁Before ▁the ▁close ▁of ▁ 1 7 2 5 , ▁M ub á riz - ul - M ulk ▁reached ▁Á h med áb ád , ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁well ▁received ▁by ▁the ▁officials ▁and ▁mer ch ants . ▁ ▁H ám id ▁Kh án ▁and ▁Kant á ji , ▁who ▁had ▁by ▁this ▁time ▁reached ▁the ▁banks ▁of ▁the ▁Mah i ▁river , ▁were ▁now ▁joined ▁by ▁P í lá ji ▁G á ik w ár . ▁The ▁Mar á tha ▁leaders , ▁seeing ▁that ▁the ▁only ▁way ▁to ▁preserve ▁their ▁foot ing ▁in ▁the ▁province ▁was ▁to ▁esp ouse ▁the ▁cause ▁of