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mutinied and hindered him from marching. The diwan of the 
province, in spite of his, the governor’s, offering to execute a 
bond. wo not disburse the money from the darn ait ts treasury. 
Until some order was issued or provision ma r the money, he 
was unable to move. Girdhar Bahadur nti a speed 
arrival, and Nizim-ul-mulk sree that he was about to start.! 
Section 17.—‘ABDULLAH KHAN REMONSTRATES. 
As soon as he learnt of his brother’s death, and before he 
resumed his march to Dihli, ‘Abdullah Khan addressed a letter 
of complaint to the emperor. It was couched in the customary 
_ language of respect. After referring to the disturbances in the 
Dakhin and Lahor, reports of which had already been laid before 
His Sees ig and the arrangements made by which Husain ‘Ali 
s younger brother, undertook the cies business ae h 
himsel haa started to take charge of the capital, ‘Abdullah Khan 
to say: “ Although separation from my’ younger brother 
was distastefal to me, still in obedience to the exalted order, we 
‘m:ude no objection, and of the two brothers one set out for the 
“eapital, the other for the Dakhin, in atténdance on Your 
“ Majesty. This faithful one was still on his journey and had 
“not yet arrived at Dihli, when finding their chance and seeing 
‘““my brother alone, men acting unfairly and without justifica- 
“tion from the law, have done him, Ghairat Khan, and the son 
“ of Nawab Auliya, to death in Your Majesty’s very encampment, 
“and all their goods and property have been plundered. O 
“ Qiblah? of the world and its inhabitants ! wig! you be preserved ! 
“If so be that all this has been carried out by Your Majesty’s 
a 
h to 
may not escape. This faithful one and the heirs of the 
‘‘ deceased are coming. We rest assured that this complaint he 
‘be dealt with before Your Majesty according to the pr 
“the Holy Law. This devoted one’s prayer is that until. ie 
“ arrives they be not be released. If, by any a any one asks 
“ for their release, let not the request be ted.’ 
Muhammad Shah answered by asseverating his extreme 
grief and regret at recent events; God alone knew the extent to 
which he felt them. By God’s help, Haidar Beg Khan, the enl- 
prit, had been killed on the spot. ‘“ By God’s name I swear that 
“I knew absolutely nothing of this affair. When the qutbepak 

l Shia Das, 494, et. seq., Khifi Khan, II, 921. 
2 Qidblah, the pies or "place towards which the faithful turn at time of 
agate giblah-i- ‘alam, an honorific epithet of a king. 
$ Shia Das, 546. 
