

Vol. 1V, No. 10. The Later Mughals. 571 
[N.S.] 
By the —s Ae Hijjah (October oan 1720) ‘Abdullah 
Khan’s camp w med just outside Dihli in the direction of 
the ‘Idgah.! He mata on the Ist Muharra 1133 A. ia Nees 
ber 2 ag 1720) from Sarae Sahil to the Qatb, sak then next day to 
e Bakht tawar Khan. ‘Abdullah Khan’s first ‘iitentiadl had 
o wait near the ‘capital the attack of the other side, 
he tone then - be plore through the ee States. But 
er 
direction, Sores ‘Ali oe who had escaped from Nba 
of fourteen years of age. 
On the 10th Ae idnaborns LOth, 1720) camp was at Faridabad ; 
they. then “gg on to ini where he was joined by Saif-ud- 
din ‘Ali Khan, Shaha Khan, his sons and relations, Sayyi 
Muhammad Khan, =r an son of Asadullah Khan, Nawab 
Auliya, and Za Iiqar ‘Ali Khan. The last two had been sent up 
by Husain ‘Ali Khan to raise a corps of Barhah Sayyids for 
service in the Dakhin. They brought in over twelve thousand 
horsemen. In their train came cartload after cartload of Sayyids 
who although unable to raise a horse to ride on, were eager for 
the fray and looked forward to the day when they would be riders 
on elephants. Finally ‘Abdullah Khan fixed on pie cin 
observance. A bow was sought for, and the demand for one 
became known even outside the shrine. They waited half 
of an hour, ——o no atteution was paid to the 
order, and no bow was brought3 

1 The old ‘Idgah is abont three-fourths of a mile from the on eee 
and to the west of it; see Constable’s ‘“‘ Hand Atlas,” plate 47. 
Khan, f. 12y8, says the first sivanishe was towards the Qutb. and Khafi mee 
oh , 204. 
Yahya Khan, f. 1298, og: to the bow, see the parallel iustance in 
