1896. ] W. Irvine—Later Mughals (1707-1803). 165 
4, DeatH or Prince MuHAMMAD Karim. 
The hiding place of Muhammad Karim, eldest son of ‘Azimu-sh- 
shan, was soon discovered. After a short time, his resources being 
exhausted, he was forced to make over a valuable jewel to the poor 
weaver in whose house he was hidden, with orders to pawn it and buy 
food. The value of the jewel led to the man being questioned, and 
in the end he disclosed the secret. The news reached Hidayat Késh, 
a converted Hindu who was waqi‘ah-nigar-i-kull, or head of the central 
news-office. This man made Muhammad Karim a prisoner and pro- 
duced him before Jahandar Shah, by whom he was transferred to 
Za-|-figar Khan. He was executed two days afterwards at that noble’s 
quarters. They say that the wretched prince asked with tears for 
a little bread and water, having been three days without food. No 
attention was paid to his request. After his head had been severed 
from his body, the corpse was buried at the mausoleum of the emperor 
Jahangir, which is on the further or right bank of the Ravi. ! 
5. Tue Covurr moves To Dinti—Despaton or A‘zzU-D-DIN TO AGRAH. 
The court now started from Lahor on its return to Dihli. Jahan- 
dar Shah left the banks of the Ravi on the 25th Rabi‘ I, 1124 H. 
(May Ist, 1712); he entered Dihli on the 18th Jamadi I, (June 22nd, 
1712).2 During the march a rumour was heard that Farrukhsiyar, 
the second son of the late ‘Azimu-sh-shan, had left Bengal and arrived 
at Patnah with the intention of contesting the new emperor’s right 
to the throne. Jahandar Shah treated the idea as ridiculous, saying 
that any one of the faujdars would be sufficient to defeat such a feeble 
foe. Still, as a precaution, the eldest prince, A‘zzu-d-din, was placed 
at the head of some troops and sént to Agrah, there to watch the 
course of events. A large sum of money, said to be nine krors of 
rupees, was disbursed to him on the 15th Jumadi II (19th July 1712), 
for this purpose. His force is estimated by Khafi Khan at 50,000 men. 
As he was young and inexperienced, and had shown not only signs of 
discontent at his father’s conduct, but also dislike of Lal Kunwar, 
1 Mhd. Qasim, Lahori, 52, 62; Warid, 63, 64; Kamwar Khan, 114; Khafi Khan, 
II, 688. The Dutch account, Valentyn, IV, 294, here as elsewhere favourable to 
Jahandar Shah, asserts that the young prince was at first pardoned, but soon after- 
wards executed on the complaint of Kokaltash Khan ‘to whom he had addressed 
foul language, and on account of his other debaucheries.’ Valentyn gives a 
portrait of him. 
# Valentyn, 297, says the march began on the 10th May, which corresponds 
with the 4th Rabi‘, II. B.M. No. 1690 fol. 160a, states that they left Lahor city 
on the 26th Rabi‘, I. Khafi Khan, II, 718, and B. M. 1690, fol. 160 a, say the 
entry into Dihli took place on the 17th Jamadi I. 
