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Vol IV, No. 10]- ~ ~The Laier’ Maghabe?'** 3 555 
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was the son of Asadullah Khan, Bahadur, rm Nawab Auliya, 
and one of Husain ‘Ali Khan’s cousins. s soon as he saw what 
had happened, the boy shouted out, “The ditkdlins have killed 
the Nawab,” quick as lightning drew a pistol! from his belt and 
with a shot from if wounded Haida eg. Then, with three 
blows from his sword, he stretched the murderer on the ground 
dead at the side of his victim, But, before the boy could escape, 
he was attacked by the other Mughals, and fell fetes across the 
ph 
Khan, whence he and Mhd. Amin Khan had hurriedly emerged 
barefoot when the shouting began.® 
Muhammad Amin Khan made his way at once to the impe- 
rial quarters, and called on the emperor to come out and take 
command of his troops. The head of the murdered bakhshi was 
thrown at his feet in the space before his private tents. uham- 
apartments. Then Savyid Ghulam ‘Ali Khan, cousin of the wazir 
and of the bakhshi, and superintendent of the Privy Audience 
Chamber, who had come inside the private enclosure with Islam 
Quali, a slave, and some gunners (fazar7) in his pay, cut throu h 
the agg ase and tried to obtain possession of the emperor’s 
pers mmad Amin Khan and some Mughals drove them 
Conk: vind § Sat ‘adat Khan then captured and coikuaa them. 
Further delay was dangerous. Brushing aside all the 
restraints of Spanete, Sa‘adat Khan threw a shawl over his head, 
pushed his way into the harem, took Muhammad Shah in his 
arms, and cregeet him by force to the scene of the assassination. 
It was still free of men. Elephants were called for and they 
mounted, Muhammad Shah on Qamar-ud-din Khan’s elephant, 
Baland Bakht, with Mhd. Amin Khan in the seat behind him. 
They took up their station at the gateway of the sere of shops 
dependent on the guardhouse where the kettledrums were playe 
Husain Ab Khan’s head was held aloft on the end of a i hens pole, 
were given for the general plunder of Husain ‘Ali 
Khan’s ae and treasure. There were at first onlv forty or 
fifty of Mhd Amin Khan's cavalry and some artillerymen 
present, between one and two hundred men ee, Haidar 
Quli Khan sent urgent bphtnerer to collect elephants, horses, 
and men, while Mbd. Amin Khan busied himself in writing 


1 Dowson ‘Elliot, VII, 6572), — nimchah and tcansinben = short 
sword,” but the I.0. ate brary MS. of Mbd Qasim has famanchah (pistol). 
Ess Khan. TT. Sak ae fers to a * pit iaheoes her). 
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Berlin rae No Age = vag Shakir . Khan, 1, 108, Mir Mushrif is said to 
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asthe, bat Khafi ‘chan doubt this. 
