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9. Husain ‘Ali Khan espouses Farrukhsiyar’s cause. 
10. ‘Abdullah Khan gives in his adhesion to Farrukhsiyar. 
11. Farrukhsiyar leaves Patnah and reaches Allahabad. 
12. Prince A‘zzu-d-din’s advance to Kajwah, his defeat and 
flight to Agrah. 
13. Jahandar Shah leaves Dihli for Agrah. 
14. Farrukhsiyar arrives at the Jamnah. 
15. Sayyad ‘Abdullah Khan finds a ford and crosses the 
Jamnah. 
16. Jahandar Shah moves from Samigarh. 
17.. The battle of Agrah, 13th Zi-l-hijjah 1124 H. (10th 
January 1713). 
18. Flight of Jahandar Shah to Dihli. 
19. End of Jahandar Shah’s reign, Dates of his birth and 
death, Length of Reign, Coins, Mint Towns, Title after 
decease, Character, Wives, Children. 
list of Authorities. 
CHAPTER II. 
The Interregnum. 
1. Iyrropuctory. 
By Bahadur Shah’s death on the 20th Muharram 1124 H. (27th 
February, 1712) the whole camp was thrown into confusion. The 
Emperor had barely breathed his last, before his sons were ranged 
against each other in a contest for empire, an event which was far from 
unexpected. In order to make the narrative of events quite clear, it is 
necessary to go back a little and explain the position in which the four 
brothers stood to each other. ‘Azimu-sh-shan, the second son, had been 
far away from his father for the last ten years of his grandfather, 
‘Alamgir’s, reign. In 1109 H. (1697-8) he was appointed governor of 
Bengal, to which was added Bahar in the year 1114 H. (1702-3). He 
did not see his father again until they met at Agrah in 1119 H. (1707) 
just before the battle at Jajau and the defeat of A‘zam Shah. During 
these ten or twelve years, Jahandar Shah, the eldest son, from his 
inattention to public affairs, lost favour with his father and spent most 
of his time in his separate government of Multan. In the earlier years 
of Shah ‘Alam (Bahadur Shah’s) stay in the Kabul province, his third 
son, Rafi‘u-sh-shan, was his principal adviser and favourite son. In 
time he was supplanted in this position by the fourth son, Jahan Shah, 
who retained his influence at his father’s accession and for some time 
afterwards. The credit of Mun‘im Khan’s appointment as chief minis- 
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