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named Muhammad Raf‘i, who also possessed a considerable 
knowledge of astrology, imparted to Farrukhsivar the glad tid- 
ings of his being destined to [ascend] the throne in that very 
spot [‘Azimabad Patna], and they made this the means of their 
own advancement. This information induced him to stay and 
delay longer in that zill‘a.”’ 
Once more he writes : 
Keoyy! sl’ ole wail slbol Ye poly Slay ad lit whee soy 
Slaki abs ogo pad Gut gleiael 31 om sar Ey? Same 9 Ody (gildyle 
oly! B22 pls Bor yoityS was} prabe plu abd aloly whye deaie 
ly wldayy2 en) ope) washes wll yao ly wy LES abc S002 dye wr ley 
here SO Gui! yd S> as ORS gon ilo PBio Ss) deme, wi b 
* irendd ys cu oss asks 3 BSvo wale (sust ot oom &S3} ag wits 
Ibid., 11, 710, ll, 13-19. 
‘“ About the same time, the news of the departure of the 
Emperor Bahadur Shah from this transitory world to the 
Garden of Eternity arrived. Muhammad Farrukhsiyar had the 
khutba read in the name of ‘Az imu-sh-shan, and coins struck 
with his father’s titles [immediately] on the receipt of these 
tidings, without ascertaining the result of the contest between 
the brothers. He then sought the adviee of his associates 
about [the wisdom of] of going to the assistance of ‘Azimu-sh- 
shan. Some worldly Dervishes and Muhammad Raf‘t, the astro- 
loger, forbade it, and said ‘It is not advisable for you (lit. 
not in the best interests of your good fortune or Empire) to 
move at all from this spot of auspicious character until you have 
yourself been proclaimed (lit. become) the Lord of the khutba 
and the sikka. 
Subsequently the historian tells us that on learning of the 
death of his father, he had the Khutba read and coins struck 
in his own name at ‘Azimabad in the beginning of Rab‘iul- 
awwal, corresponding to the second decade of Fravardin, 1123 
A.H. (Ibid., If, 711, ll. 10-13 ; See also Irvine, ‘ Later Mughals,’ 
J.A.S.B. 1896, pp. 171-2. The correct year is 1124 A.H. 
In a word, the prophecy of the os worldly Dervishes au 
Muhammad Raf‘, the astrologer,” had somghow come to 
true. Farrukhsiyar was crowned at Patna in the bagh or 
garden known as Afzal Khan’s (Irvine, loc. cit, 172) and ulti- 
mately did become Emperor. The city had been thus un- 
mistakeably associated with the rise of his fortune. Here, hi 
power had first taken root, and it had been the first “ dwelling- 
place of his kingdom.” The epithet finds no place in the 
historians. 
