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at daggers drawn with Koékaltash Khan (Khan Jahan) and his brother, 
Muhammad Mah (A‘zam Khan). Again both of these rival parties 
were jealous of the Mughal leaders, and fully resolved that they should 
have as little chance as possible of distinguishing themselves. Indeed, 
the Mughals were hardly believed in or trusted at all. They were 
suspected, andas it turned out truly suspected, of intending some 
treachery. Out of these jarring elements little agreement could be 
looked for. The first plan, supported by Zi-l-fiqar Khan, was to cross 
the river at once and occupy the other bank. This idea was given up, 
from want of concord among the leaders, in spite of their having thrown 
across a bridge of boats just opposite totheir camp. Kokaltash Khan 
objected to their crossing on the ground that if they fought on the 
further side, the enemy when defeated would be able to get clear away 
and renew the struggle. All boats fora distance of eighty or ninety 
miles were called in, and when Farrukhsiyar arrived, not a boat or a 
boatman could be found on his side of the river.! 
The only attempt at a forward movement was one undertaken to 
drive away the advanced guard of Farrukhsiyar’s army. Reports were 
brought in that Bahadur Khan (Zainu-d-din) Rohélah, and Muhammad 
Khan, Bangash, with seven or eight thousand horsemen and some light 
artillery, had reached the further bank of the Jamnah, intending to 
effect a crossing. Raji Muhammad Khan was ordered out with his 
guns to the other side of the river, to prevent them crossing. As soon 
as Raji Muhammad Khan, accompanied by Islam Khan, reached the 
river bank, Farrukhsiyar’s troops decamped. The guns were taken 
across the water without difficulty. But on the further side the heavy 
rain had turned the sandy bed into a quagmire, into which the feet of 
men and animals sank up to the knee. The guns could not be placed 
in position, the generals therefore left them and returned. Two days 
had been wasted in this operation. The rain continued, the river began 
to rise, and thus on Jahandar Shah’s side all fear of the enemy effecting 
a crossing was dissipated. In this state of false security they continued, 
and the festival of the sacrifice (10th Zi-l-hajj=7th December, 1712) 
was celebrated at Samigarh. One writer, Yahya Khan, says that all 
action was intentionally postponed until after the festival. ? 
14. FARRUKHSIYAR ARRIVES AT THE JAMNAH. 
From Kajwah, where we left him, Farrukhsiyar marched on the 
3rd Zi-l-qa‘dh (1st December, 1712) to Qasbah Korah. Here he halted 
1 Khafi Khan, II, 701, 718, 713; Elphinstone, 522. 
2 Niru-d-din, Multani 100; Yahya Khan, He b. Samugarh is spelt Sumogay on 
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