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Princes [who] had the greatest power at [the Court of the] 
Emperor for twelve or thirteen years: and he caused Prince 
Khusru to _ cannes oat and Prince] Parvez ts be banished 
[from the Court]. Meanwhile, the little daughter of Nur 
Mahal, oes she had had from her former husband, grew big, 
and Khurram said: “ Marry her to me,”’ but Nur ‘Mahal did 
not marry her [to him, because] she was saying: “I willj not 
malrry her to my niece’s husband.’’ So she married her to 
Prince Shahriyar [instead]. From that time the friendly rela- 
tions between Nur Mahal and Khurram were broken and Nur 
Mahal took to favour her son-in-law Shahriyar. Then she 
resolved to drive Khurram away from Court. Just about that 
time the Dekhanis had caused a disturbance in the Dekhan— 
[it wn the year Samvat 1676—and she tried to arrange for 
Khurram to be sent to uF Dekhan [to quell the pes de ig 
Kinirain said: “I am ready to go, but Khusru who is in 
prison is [the heir] to the “Imperial throne, the] is the eldest 
Sruglt ; now if you commit him to my care, then I am ready 
to go to the Dekhan.”’ So ea Khusru was made over to 
the ee of Prince Khurram, and Khurram was sent to the 
Dekhan. [Then] the Emperor himself left for Kasmir, to show 
to Nur Mahal the flowers of saffro on. [Now] Prince [Khurram] 
cluded an agreement with the Dekhanis. Afterwards, on the 
12th day of the dark fortnight of Phalguna of the year ‘Samvat 
1678, at night, in Burhanpur, Prince [Khurram] killed Prince 
usru who was in prison. Information [of this fact] reached 
the Emperor, and the Emperor was displeased. Nur Mahal 
continued adding fuel to the fire [till] she completely alienated 
the ponies and the Prince. 
w, the Prince from Burhanpur went to Mandu. Mean- 
while Shah Ubas had created a disturbance in Kandhar, and a 
them to Kandhar. Then Prince Khurram thought : ‘‘ All the 
[contingents] are being called away from here, and I am being 
left alone! ”’, but he did not let anybody know [about his uneasi- 
ness} and wrote to the Emperor: ‘‘ You are summoning from the 
Dekhan all the [contingents], and afterwards the Dekhanis will 
create a disturbance here.” But the Emperor[in reply] resumed 
all the parganas Dbee! the Prince [held] i in Hindustan, and noti- 
fied him: ‘‘ Thou hast [now] been given Gujarat and the Dekhan 
[with all] the seein beyond Mandu, [therefore] keep [hence- 
forth] in thy service [the emirs] from those provinces, and let 
no imperial contingents from this part [of Hindustan] remain 
chore)” Then the Prince understood: ‘‘The Emperor is 
