Muhammed Yusuf Khan initially succeeded and became the Nawab, forcing Muhammed Ali to escape to the rock-fort in Tiruchirapalli. Chanda Sahib followed and with the help of the French, besieged Trichy. Muhammed Ali and the English force supporting him were in a grim position. Ensign Robert Clive, (who had earlier joined the East India Company as a writer) with a small English force of 300 soldiers made a diversionary attack on Arcot to draw away Chanda Sahib's army from Trichy. Chanda Sahib dispatched a 10,000 strong force under his son Raza Sahib to retake Arcot. Raza Sahib was aided by the Nellore Army
A. M. Muhammed A. M. Muhammed A M Muhammed (born 1958), is a writer in Malayalam based in Abu Dhabi. A. M. Muhammed, born in Madathikaranma, Oachira, Kerala. He is a well-noted writer in Malayalam; he has published more than one dozen books as novels, short stories, essays and dramas. "Sahara" is his well-known novel written in the theme of Arab’s life and culture published by India’s leading publishers, D. C. Books. It is noted as the first Indo Arab novel. Its English translation will come out very shortly. Muhammed has been living in United Arab Emirates since the 1980s. He is also