text:  A prince holding this commanding position seemed qualified to become the arbiter of India; but Dowlut Rao though deficient neither in military capacity nor talent for government was only fourteen at the death of his predecessor; and his inexperience made him a tool in the hands of an unprincipled minister Shirzee Rao Ghatka who directed all his efforts to undermine by force or intrigue the ascendency of the upright and patriotic Nana Furnavees at Poonah