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Vol. IV, No. 10, | The Later Mughals. 535 
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His Majesty was in no way ill-disposed towards him, but he 
should have avoided the appearance of offence. “As the 
“disorders of the Dakhin are frequently reported to him, His 
“* Majesty igen 3 making over to you all the sabahs of ‘that 
“ country. the Lord; this purpose has come to pass of 
“itself, and ne “God's help, His aaah intention and your 
“desire will both be satisfied. ‘Heart finds its way to heart 
“under this vault of heaven.’! A fo nie patent is in prepara- 
‘tion. When you have taken charge you will send off ‘Alim 
“ ‘Ali Khan and the family of the Bakhshi-ul-mamalik, Amir- 
“al-umara, from whom he has been long —— granting 
‘them a proper escort and seeing to their safety.” 
With the farman was a letter from Husain ‘Al Khan. He 
wrote that Dilawar ‘Ali Khan had been sent to Aurangabad to 
escort the writer's family to Hindistan. It was now reported 
that, omar orders for which there was no foundation, the 
said Dilaw i Khan had interfered with Nizam-ul-mulk, but, 
the Lord be pesiad,| had only received what he deserved. It was 
also said that several persons, led by love of mischief-making and 
devilish devices (shaitanat), had written untruly of several 
matters in a manner likely to sow discord between them. Alas ! 
that such jou sinee should arise between old friends! Envious 
persons, by sowing dissension, hope to open a way for themselves. 
If, which fy Lord forbid, the writer had a grievance, he would 
have written direct, ‘“ No doubt, many things had been brought 
‘“up, which might have angered His Majesty : ; and short- sighted 
“ knowing your loyalty, made a detailed representation. By this 
‘“* means, T am thankful to say, your enemies were cast down and 
“Ace cept my congratulations. ‘Alim ‘Ali Khan, my (adopted) 
‘son, and my family propose to return to this country; kindly 
a ‘ furnish them with an escort and see that they are not molested 
‘ on the oe 
Such non the state of consternation into which the Sayyids 
had been thrown, that every day produced some new peel at of 
action, only to be discarded in its turn Sof one 8 
First, they resolved to march together to tl the: Dake We with th the 
eit 
At another time, they thonght they would make terms with 
Nizim-ul-mulk, as in the letter just quoted, and postpone an 
attack upon him to a more favourable opportunity. According 
to these varying decisions, the advance tents of the emperor and 
of the two ministers were sent out first in one direction and then 
in another. 
1 (Verse) Dil ra ba a dil rah ast, dar in gumbasz-i-sipihs 
a Farman and letter in Shia Das, 330,394, 3 ghia Dis, f. 394. 
