196 W. Irvine— Later Mughals (1707-1803.) [No. 2, 
six miles to Sarae Bégam.! Here welcome news was received of 
treachery at work in Jahandar Shah’s army. ‘Ubaidu-llah, Shari‘yatn-lah 
Khan (afterwards Mir Jumlah), who had been with ‘Azimu-sh-shan 
at Lahdr, had intended to return to Bengal and rejoin his patron’s 
- son as soon as possible. On his way down country he had been detained 
at Agrah by the officials on the river bank and had not been allowed to 
continue his journey. At this time, when Jahandar Shah arrived at 
Agrah, Shari‘yatu-llah Khan, at the peril of his life, opened secret 
negociations with the Mughal leaders, Cin Qilic Khan and Muhammad 
Amin Khan, Cin, and by his persuasion these men agreed not to fight 
when the day of battle betweén the two claimants to the throne should 
arrive. * 
15. Sayyap ‘ABpU-LLAH KHAN FINDS A FORD AND CROSSES THE 
J AMNAH, 
At this point things seemed to have come to a deadlock; Jahandar 
Shah would not and Farrukhsiyar could not cross the Jamnah. Not 
a boat could be found anywhere. After three days’ delay, the patience 
of ‘Abdu-llah Khan was exhausted. Making over charge of the main 
body to Husain ‘Ali Khan, he marched up the left bank in the hope 
of finding a ford. When he had gone four or five miles, he came to 
a place where he saw some villagers wading through very shallow 
water. Forthwith (9th Zi-l-hajj 1124 H., 6th Jan. 1713) he crossed 
with the five hundred horsemen then in his retinue. Messengers 
were sent to Farrukhsiyar, and ‘Abdu-llah Khan’s men passed the lone 
winter night shivering from the cold, while they held their bridle reins 
in their hand and watched for the daylight to appear. The 10th (7th 
January, 1713) was passed by Farrukhsiyar at Méwatpur, where he 
sacrificed for the ‘7d. During the night of the ]1th, the prince crossed 
the river on his elephant.* The rest of the army preceded or followed 
1 Query, the Sarae Hazam of the Indian Atlas, Sheet 50, nine miles west of 
I‘timadpur. 
2 Tjad, 88b, 89a ; Mhd. Qasim, Lahori, 157, 158; Khafi Khan, II, 700. 719. Lutfu- 
Mah Khan, Sadiq, is said to have aided in seducing Jahandar Shah’s officers from 
their allegiance, Khushhal Cand 392 b. 
3 Iradat Khan (J Scott, II, pt. IV, 91) says the counter march was one of 
twenty miles, and the place of crossing the ford of Gao Ghat, some miles above 
Agrah, Khafi Khan II, 720, fixes it on the night of the llth (ie., the night 
between the 10th and 11th) ; the water, he says, was up to a man’s chest, and the 
place, near Sarae Roz Bahani, four kos from Agrah on the road to Dihli. The 
Ahwalu-l-khawaqin 56a, also ealls it the ford of Roz Bahan. 
4 Khafi Khan II, 720, says this crossing was 3 or 4 pas te, 9 to 12 hours after 
that of ‘Abdullah Khan. 
