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chose to cast his shoe. er night Muhammad Amin Khan and 
Haidar Quli Khan met, and it was decided that the next morn- 
ae their snd ir be carried into execution. It is said that 
when Mh n Khan had left, Husain ‘Ali Khan chanced to 
pie on a visit t to Haidar Quli Khan, and began to ask his advice 
on some point. Haidar Quli Khan, who was by nature a man of 
cunning, saw opening for securing his own safety whatever hap- 
pened. He told Husain ‘Ali Khan that as a rumour prevailed 
through the camp of his (the pica 8) supersession in the com- 
fake of the artillery, Mhd. Amin Khan proposed to come to his 
(Haidar Quli’s) tent next morning. After he, the Mir Bakhshi, 
had escorted the emperor to the door of the female apartments, 
he could on his way to his quarters call at his, the Mir Atash’s, 
tents, and there through someone ready to risk life for hin could 
Quli Khan’s idea was that whichever side got the upper hand, the 
winner would be grateful to him for his suggestions and take him 
into special favour. 
t was the custom for Nawab Husain ‘Ali Khan to present 
himself before the emperor at the end of every march and m 
his morning obeisance, The ceremony was known by the Hindi 
name of the Juhar. Accordingly on the morning of the 6th 
Za,l Hijjah 1142 H. (8th October 1720),3 on reaching the new 
camp pitched two kos to the east of Todah Bhim,* Husain ‘Ali 
Khan and other great nobles followed Muhammad Shah as 
—_ to the entrance of his tents, made their bow. and departed 
o their several camps. Husain ‘Ali Khan entered his litter 
within the imperial enclosure (jali), having in attendance seven 
or eight servants and two relations. Muhammad Amin Khan, 
Sa‘adat Khan, and several others were present. Then Muham- 


‘ Yahya Khan, f. - ee 
ae hake espear, ‘813 Juhar , a Hindi salutation ; obeisan 
se Pa ans d, * Berlin MS. 495; f. 10074, is the ae writer who has 
the sth Z Zil H 
4 Todah Hes (Indian Atlas, Sheet 50) lies about six miles west of a 
pass through the hills. Khafi Khan, II, 903, calls the place Torah, and 
says oF is 35 reputed kos from Fathpur Sikri. It is really »bont 45 miles 
S.-W i a straight line from that town, The Rritish aro eery age No. gest 
(Wn: 8 wes ; Kar ior reli i), n 
the vitae Jond . a e Jon Bond of the Indian one in the district 
of Bhusawar. ust uy the village Kareli to the east of the 
“Map of cil tanah States,”’ 1859). The Indian Atlas, Sheet 50, has 
illage K 

Kh . 10082, speaks of t 
darrah or of I vakhri This name may be net 2 from the Laker ke purah 
— Bhusa 
was , 4m, TI, 
132. an town lies abont 13 miles north-east of the sas cree Atlas, 
Sheet 50). Todah Bhim was itself the chief town of a parganah, Jarrett, 
133 ; Khishhal Cand, f. 1009 4, says that after lea ving purganah Bhosawar, 
five miles north of t 
camp was at Qasbah ne Sem which is eight miles north-east of Todah Bhim, 
and e pass. 
