1896. } W. Irvine— Later Mughals (1707-1803). 153 
in the race. Suddenly theelephant disappeared over the high bank 
overlooking the stream; when the pursuers reached the edge and 
looked down, all they saw was the heaving mud and sand, from which 
issued the most frightful roaring. The elephant and the prince had 
been swallowed up by a quicksand. Aminu-d-din passed the night alone 
under the shade of a tree, and in the morning sought refuge in the city 
of Lahor.! 
4. Tue Division oF THE SPOIL. 
The three princes ordered the drums to beat for a victory, they 
sent congratulations to each other, and returned to their quarters with 
Joud rejoicings. The plunderers were meanwhile busy and, with the 
exception of the treasure and the women’s tents, which were protected 
by a girdle of cannon, the whole contents of that great camp were 
carried off and hardly a trace of it was left. Such persons as escaped 
from it were stopped and relieved of their belongings by the men 
attached to Jahandar Shah’s artillery, whose camp was at the Shalihmar 
garden. Horses and camels without number and much property fell into 
these\men’s hands. Jahandar Shah’s troops speedily surrounded and took 
possession of the carts laden with treasure, of the cannon, and of the 
household of ‘Azimu-sh-shan. Thus the painfully collected wealth of 
that prince, the fruit of years of meanness, became in a moment the prey 
of his adversary. 
The claims of ‘Azimu-sh-shan, whom judicious observers had 
considered the destined successor to the throne, being thus finally 
disposed of, the agents of the two younger princes attended Zi-l-fiqar 
Khan for several days im succession with a request for a division of the 
booty and the realm, according to the compact that had been entered 
into. But Zi-l-fiqar Khan, his pride raised above all bounds by such a 
victory over his most powerful opponent, had forgotten all his oaths 
and promises. Furthermore, it was clear to everybody that just as 
1 Dastiéru-l-insha, 20,—Kamwar Khan, 109, says that ‘Azimu-sh-shan’s corpse 
was brought in, and speaks (138) of its being sent by Farrukhsiyar to Aurangabad 
for burial ; Yahya Khan, 117, 6 also says it was found in the river and brought in; 
but I prefer the account in Aminu-d-din’s letters, as given in the Dastéruw-t-inshd. 
I believe these letters to be genuine, and they were evidently so considered by 
Ghulam Husain Khan, who used them in writing his Sairw-l-mutdkharin, see Briggs, 
29. Warid, 63, states that the elephant was brought in, but many believed that 
*Azimu-sh-shan escaped alive, since his body had not been found. When Warid 
wrote, nineteen years afterwards, the prince had never been heard of. Others asserted 
that Rajah Raj Singh, styled Raj Bahadur, had carried off the corpse to his own 
country, i.e., Kishngarh (Mhd. Qasim, 51). 
% Kamwar Khan, 109, 110. 
Jer 20 
