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offered him for the cession of that fortress. That place could a 
easily reached from Sironj, “and when Asir is ours, God 
given us the key of the kingdom of the Dakhin.” Ra‘ayat 
Khan, ‘Abdurrahim Khan, Qadir Dad Khan and Mutawassal 
Khan supported Mubammad Ghiyas. 
but no fresh orders were issued, and the ee Rey onsite at being 
on their way to Hindistan. Suddenly they were marched back 
by the way that they had come; the men were Pima, but the 
secret was well kept, and at last, by a night — on the 8th 
May 1720, they reached and crossed the Narbada. 
Nizam-ul-mulk had heard that mace-bearers were on their 
way to enforce his return to the capital. A farméan to this effect 
had indeed been sent, in which it was mies that the province of 
Akbarabad would be given to him as soon as he arrived, On the 
9th Rajab 1132 H. (16th May 1720), pam came to Agrah that he 
had left Malwah. It was then reported that in the middle of 
Jamada II, 1132 H. (about the 23rd April 1720), at the head of 
five or six thousand horsemen, and attended by ‘Abd-ur-rahim 
Khan, Marahmat Khan, Ra‘ayat Khan, Qadir Dad Khan, Rau- 
shani, Mutawasgsal Khan, grandson of Sa‘dallah Khan, wazir, 
‘Inayat Khan and others, Ni izam-ul-mulk had left Mandeshar and 
marched to Ujjain. There, giving out that he was on his 
way to Sironj, one or two marches were made as far as the 
village of Kayath; thence he made straight for the Narbada, 
which he crossed on the lst Rajab 1132 H. (8th May 1720) by 
the ford of Akbarpur.® 
Husain ‘Ali Khan was for immediate action; he wished to 
o in aan On the other hand, ‘Abdullah Khan ‘and Samsam- 
n n 
place it in a state of defence and it could be ered se gag 
“ cleverness is a good thing, be you as strong as Rusta 
usain ‘Ali Khan continued unappeased and aa his 
brother’s want of energy. The latter stuck to his own opinion 
and protested that it was not adopted through want of po 
He was surprised at being called a coward, ‘“ Am I not your 
brother ? Am not I, too, a Sayyid?” Let his brother be a little 
reasonable, and he would agree to anything. He had said over 


1 Ahwal-al-Khawiagin, f. 1 - 
2 Khafi Khan, i, 852, tee. "861 ; ; Mubammad Qasim, Lahori, 308 ; 
Ragone Khan, | 
Ul. takidr m “ ap ary ul ta‘ajjul min ush-shaitan. 
Aql chis-i-sharifast, go kih Rustam-tawan bashad 

