
554 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [ November 1908. 
mad Amin Khan, who is said to have filled his pies before- 
hand with raw blood, put his ingen? into his mouth, simulated 
vomiting, oo complained of vertigo. . He laid himself ps full 
length on und. Husain ‘Ali Khan sent for rose-water and 
a Dena made from an odoriferous willow (bed-mushk), 
persons. The time was about mi 
the got ge bgeage from the imperial precinct, Haidar 
Beg, Dughlat, with o * two other bie ae appeared on one 
for liberality to his troops, do something to help them ? A body- 
servant advanced to take the petition, but the Mughal made a 
of refusal. Husain ‘ Ali Khan, in his usual considerate 
way, paid: : “Come here and give it.””. The petitioner came close 
and put the paper into his hands. A pipe-bearer appeared at the 
other side of the palanquin ; the Nawab turned his head that way, 
rae hold of the mouthpiece of the pipe-snake and began to 
the petition. The bakhsh?’ #s attention being given to the 
into Husain ‘Ali Kha e. he wounded man struc 
his feet at his murderer’s chest, so that he fell and his turban 
tumbled off ; then exclaimed : é rse! mu unt.” 
gged him from the palanquin to the ground, sat on his chest, 
and began to cut off his head.? 
n foot near the oe was Sayyid Nar ‘Ali, we 
Nirullah Khan, a boy of fourteen or fifteen years of age.3 

d. Qasim, Lahori, 346, 347; Khafi Khan, II, 903; Warid, 1612; 
shit Dis, 498 ( farman to Girdhar Bahadur). 
Qasim, s Labeat, 347; Khafi Khan, II, 903; Khishhal Cand, 
poe Ms, 495, ff. 1008, 10098, Warid, 1624, ' 
8 Kamwar Khan, 230, calls him ‘Azmatullah Khin, s son of Asadullah 
Khan ; but Khafi K Khan TI, 904, has Nirullah Khan. Both the latter and 
Mirza ohammad,. T arikh-i-Muhammadi (year 1146) describe him as ancle’s 
n ‘Ali Khan ; Wa arid, 162¢, has “ Anwarullah,’ and calls him 
ye Husain CALL Khan s paternal aunt; in B.. Oriental MS., 1747, 
, he is said to be a mat ea nnele’s son. _Khisbhal Cand, Berlin MS, 
ai asserts that he was slain by Qamar-nd-din Khan (gon of Mhd, 

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