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your weak old father! Will you by your own act give him over to 
be killed?’ The by-standers remarked to each other that it was an 
omen of ill-fortune when, at sach a moment, a scribe’s opinion was 
taken and that of soldiers neglected. 1 
As the light of morning began to break ‘Abdu-llah Khan stopped 
the pursuit of Jahandar Shah and returned to the position occupied by 
Farrukhsiyar, bringing with him the imperial umbrella and the golden 
throne called kancan samir, which had been abandoned in the flight. # 
FLicgut oF JAHANDAR Shaw To Drati. 
At the place where he had taken shelter, Jahandar Shah caused 
his beard and moustache to be shaved off, and changed his clothes, 
When the night was nearly spent he, Lal Kunwar, and Mhd. Mah 
(A‘zam Khan) mounted a small, two-wheeled bullock-carriage (bahal), 
covered by a canopy, such as women ridein, and started for Dibli. In 
the morning, about nine o’clock, they reached a village five miles or so 
west of Mathura. There they sent for food, and until it was found, 
lay ® down on the bare earth for a short sleep. They were soon again 
on their way, and munched as they went the dry bread for which they 
had begged. Three hours after nightfall on the second night, they 
reached a village near Sarae Hodal, and here they obtained a little 
grass for their cattle. Day had hardly risen ere they were again on the 
road. On the J6th Ziu-l-hajj H. (13th Jan. 1713), after dark, they 
entered Talpat, a village thirteen miles from Dihli, which had been 
granted in perpetuity (al taghmah) by Jahandar Shah to Muhammad 
Mah, who had built there a house and mosque and planted a garden. 
His servants were still in possession, and thus they were in comparative 
safety. As they did not wish to enter Dihli in day-light, and they were 
worn out by continuous travelling, they went to sleep. At dusk they 
resumed their journey. Muhammad Mah advised his master to avoid 
Dibli and continue his flight to Multan, where he had friends. Jahandar 
Shah answered with idle talk. He still relied on Zia-1-fiqar Khan’s oaths 
and insisted that he must once more see and speak to that nobleman. 
They reached Dihli in the night of the 18th Zu-l-hajj (15th Jan, 1713), 
Lal Kunwar went to her own house in charge of Muhammad Mah, 
while Jahandar Shah, still covered with the dust from his journey, 
repaired alone to the house of Asad Khan, Agafu-d-daulah.4 
1 Warid, 143 b, 144 a; Uw asiru-l-wmara, II, 93. 
@ Warid, 148 a,b. 
3 Cashm garm kardan, to take a nap, lit. ‘to warm the eyes.’ 
4 Mirza Muhammad, 153, 154; Vjad, 108 6 to111 a; Khafi Khan, IJ, 725. 
Mathura is 35 m. from Agrah, Thornton, 656 ; Sarae Hodal, Indian Atlas, Sheet No. 
