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chiefs, The secret “is ae of these generals were that after 
they had settled the of Salim Singh who, with the con- 
nivance of Rajah Jai ‘Sin ot, Sawde, had attempted to usurp 
Bondi, they should keep the proceedings of Nizém-ul-mulk under 
observation and await further orders. Dilawar ‘Ali Khan was 
told to announce publicly that he had a commission to proceed to 
Aurangabad in the Dakhin, to conduct thence the family of 
Nawab gee “Ali Khan. 
movement could not be construed otherwise than un- 
favourably by N a mulk. Nor was other instigation to action 
wanting. His cousin, Muhammad a min Khan, wrote from 
Agrah that the Bavvids were only waiting for the suppression of 
the speeras bene party and the recovery of Allahabad, when their 
next task w e to uproot and destroy him, Nizam- ul-mulk. 
With his own i letéae Muhammad Amin Khan sent one written by 
Muhammad Shah’s own hand, and one bearing the seal of that 
emperor's mother, These letters complained of the Sayyids, of 
their entire usurpation of authority, of their leaving no per- 
cial liberty to the emperor; and called on Ni zam-ul-mulk to 
urther details of Niz&m-ul-mulk’s stay in Malwah are 
obtained from another source. The night ibitowtag: his arrival at 
Ujjain there was raat rain; “this was, indeed, to him God's 
gracious rain, for from that Sst he never ceased to prosper.” 
Ujjain became to iit m in fact as well as name the Dar-ul-fath, the 
Abode of Victory. After Chis: rains (of 1719) had ended, he set 
hi ord. 
hearing this Husain ‘Ali Khan broke out into strong language. 
He asserted that Nizam-ul-mulk should never have been allowed 
to leave the court, and now one “ Nizam-ul-mulk” had multi- 
- plied into a thousand ; it would be found as ea to deal with 
him as Ne tackle a young tiger in an open plai 
his Qutb-ul-mulk (‘Abdullah Khan) “veplied wich mate 
weaving a ig i is ee yee fate does its own plea 
Some wa t be devised. After many consultations, a fitmin 
of recall was degen by the hands of mace-bearers, while a 
force was moved across the Chamba. If the governor submitted, 
all would be well; if not, they could still fight or negotiate. If 
he fled to the south, their general could pursue. ‘Alim ‘Ali 
Khan at Aurangaba d was warned to be on the alert. Thus 
Nizém-ul-mulk would inevitably be caught between two fires, 
- It had already been a subject of remark at Nizam-ul-mulk’s 
darbar nary disturbed times were at hand, that probably the first 
would arise in Milwah, Nizim- ul-mulk began to pre- 
pare ie an emergency, as the only hope of being left undis- 
turbed. He argued that, though in position a great noble, Husain 


1 Khafi Khan, 11, 850, 851, 852; Muhammad Qasim, Lahori 307. 

