Captain Hawkins landed at Surat and travelled overland to Agra, passing some time at the court of the Great Mogul.
It was Captain Best who secured a regular firman for trade from the Great Mogul.
The great Mogul emperor's impoverished and enfeebled successor was fain to recognize the Mahratta state by a formal instrument.
It was then included in the dominions of Nizam-ul-mulk, the nominal viceroy of the great Mogul in the Deccan, from whom again it was subsequently conquered by Hyder Ali of Mysore.
The name Great Mogul has been frequently applied to this stone.
