166 W. Irvine— Later Mughals (1707-1803). [No. 2, 
he was not trusted with the real command. He was placed under the 
tutelage of two men (1) Khwajah Husain, Khan Dauran, brother-in- 
law of Kokaltash Khan, ! and (2) Lutfullab Khan, Sadiq, the prince’s 
own diwain. These appointments were made in opposition to the advice 
of Zu-l-fiqgar Khan, Kokaltash Khan taking the whole responsibility. 
Neither of the men had any experience of war, Khan Dauran had 
never been in a battle, and as the event proved, no more incompetent 
leaders could have been selected. As has been wisely said, Jahandar 
Shah forgot the maxim, ‘ Place no man at the head of an army, 
unless he has been in many a battle.’ 
It was while the court was at Sarae Daurahah, between Laker and 
Sihrind, on its progress towards Dihli, that Mirza Rafi‘ , Sarbuland 
Khan, brother-in-law of the late ‘Azimu-sh-shan, presented himself with 
five or six thousand men. ‘Azimu-sh-shan had procured for him the 
appointment of fawjdar at Karrah Manikpur in the Allahabad province, 
But forgetting all his obligations, as soon as he heard the result of the 
late struggle, instead of waiting to assist his patron’s son, Farrukh- 
siyar, he collected all the revenue that he could, some ten to twelve 
lakhs of rupees, and started for the camp of Jahandar Shah. There, 
through the intervention of Ni‘mat Khan, a brother of Lal Kunwar, 
and that of Khan Jahan, Kokaltash Khan, he received the governorship 
of Ahmadabad Gujarat, without the wazir, Zi-|-fiqar Khan, having beea 
consulted. ¢ 
6. JAHANDAR SHAH’S LIFE AT DrHti. 
The next five months from July to December, until the emperor 
marched from Dihli towards Agrah, were given up to dissipation. As 
the proverb says ‘Mad already, he has now taken to eating hemp.’ 4 
Dehli for a time fell under the dominion of the Lord of Misrule. Grand 
illuminations took place three times in every month. In consequence 
of the extensive illuminations, so much oil was used that it rose to be 
half a str weight to the rupee; then, all the oil being expended, 
they had recourse to clarified butter until it, too, ceased to be procurable. 
Grain also grew very dear; not more than seven or eight sirs 
weight being procurable for a rupee. One day some porters came 
from the other side of the Jamnah with head loads of grain. Lal 
1 The printed text of Khafi Khan, II, 697, calls him the Bau nabirah (grand- 
son), of Kokaltash Khan, probably a misprint for & 4, yaznah, (brother-in-law.) 
2 Sipah ra ma-kun pesh-ru juz kasé, Kih dar jangha budah bashad basé. Ma’asiru- 
l-wmard, II, 93; Ijad,15; Mirza Mhd. 141; Khafi Khan, II, 697, 700, 712, 715; 
Valentyn, IV, 299. 
3 Khafi Khan, II, 715; jad, 49 a. 
4 Diwanah bud ; bangé khwrad, Ma’asiru-l-umara, II, 98. 
