550 = Journal of the Asiatic Society e Bengal. (November, 1908. 
a to send his own son, Qamar-ud-din Khan, to act as their 
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these proposals. Then Mbd. Amin Khan brought up the objec- 
tion that the army, especially his division, was full of soldiers 
In secret, however, Muhammad Amin Khan said to his confi- 
dants that, in aay case, he meant to strike at the Sayyids. If he 
were ordered to go on to the Dakhin, he would either seek an 
opportunity on the way, or withdraw from the battle-field when 
victory was trembling in the balance. If left behind, he would 
ma ke certain that the two brothers never joined forces again. 
Husain ‘Ali Khan, who was not altogether blind to the difficulty 
in wiciah he was placed, for to take the Mughals on or to leave 
them behind was equally dangerous, exerted himself to the utmost 
to keep Mhd. Amin Khan in good humour, addressing, him, when- 
ever they met as. ‘‘ Respected Uncle. ”. A. large. SEU, of meeney 
was advanced to him by way of pay. for. his. Mughals 
aidar. Quli Khan. was also taken’ into specia rie our, and 
on the 4th Zu,] Qa‘dah Ee September 1720), he replaced Sayyid 
Ghulam | ‘Ali Khan - Mir Atash, or General-in-chief of the 
imperial artillery, of which there was a very large display, some 
a cannon, — and small, besides gajnal, -shutar- 
rockets.2 This man professed to be devoted 
eae and soul +5 the ie and Husain ‘Ali Khan had formed 
a high opinion of his ability as an artillery offiver. The men 
about the Mir Bakhshi hardly shared his fancy for this man. 
They spoke —— of his “low stature but high fortune” 
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‘Ali Khan retorted angrily that they were moe? W him in his 
effort to win over Mhd. Amin Khan, adding: “ Who is there 
“ who could raise a hand against me, what Git is there, what 
“reason for my assassination?” It only meant that they did 

ork ‘Mba. Qasim, Lahori, 324, 341. 
Khafi Khan, II, 898, says the previous incumbent was Sayyid Khan 
2 
Jahan. He had just died. _Perbaps Ghulam ‘Ali Khan was only his depnty. 
7 z, idat an 
"8 "Kotah kadd 0 kémat, dardz salamat. 
& Kih mi mi-guft az oe in tafan shavvad | paida, Tanur, a pietable 
oven of sheet iron, giving ont, of course, a great sonnd when strack, 
