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A Strange Deal
Ahmad Shah Durrani’s son Taimur Shah, sent envoys to Maharaja Mahadji Shinde asking him to EXTEND the Maratha Empire upto Lahore while Durranis would control the territory west of it. He even promised 10,000 Durrani horsemen to help Marathas in the conquest.
This proposal of adjusting borders of Panipat Treaty, was to put down Sikh freebooters spreading chaos in Punjab region. Maharaja Maharaja Mahadji still put off any such alliance against his own countrymen. SOURCE: Anglo-Maratha Relations, 1785-96, by Sailendra Nath Sen, pg.158
P.S. Yes, things had cooled down between Marathas and Afghans by then. The treacherous *Indian* Pasthun jihadi lobby had effectively been crushed by Marathas with their highly advanced westernized armies and there was no known active malice in the hearts of foreigner Durranis.