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exertion he could found an independent principality. Anything was 
better than submission to Farrukhsiyar—who was there who knew 
not of his enmity with the late ‘Azimu-sh-shan? Was not the alliance 
of the three princes his work? Furthermore, was it right for them 
to deliver to an enemy a man who had taken refuge at their house ? 
His father replied that, when Bahadur Shah died, every noble took 
one side or another, and they happened to join that of Jahandar Shah. 
What crime had they thereby committed? Besides, if such a captive 
were made over by them to Farrukhsiyar, what could he do but receive 
them into favour. Doubtless it was opposed to the rules of friendship 
to deliver up Jahandar Shah. But everybody detested him; if they 
espoused his cause, not a soul would join them; and they would only 
risk their own heads along with his. Let them rather seek in him an 
instrument for saving their own lives and property. Zu-l-fiqar Khan 
after some time yielded a reluctant consent. They sent out to Jahandar 
Shah misleading messages of friendship, and on the pretence of his 
taking repose, inveigled him into a small detached building, round which 
they drew some tent-screens, and thus made him a prisoner. A joint 
letter was then despatched by father and son to Farrukhsiyar, claiming 
recognition for the signal service that they had just performed. ! 
Having thus decided on their course of action, Asad Khan thought 
it advisable to eject Ahlu-llah Khan (Saifu-llah) from the fort, to the 
charge of which he had been appointed when Jahandar Shah started 
for Agrah. He was replaced by Muhammad Yar Khan, who had been 
- Sibahdar of Dihliand commandant of the fort from the time of ‘Alamgir. 
Information had reached the partisans of Farrukhsiyar that Jahandar 
Shih was hiding in Asad Khan’s house. These men assembled and 
demanded with threats that the fugitive should be delivered up. By 
daybreak there was a large crowd, and it looked as if an insurrection 
would break out. Then to appease the rioters, Jahandair Shah was sent 
a prisoner to the fort, and at his earnest entreaty, Lal Kunwar was 
allowed to join him. On seeing her, he is said to have exclaimed 
joyfully, ‘ Let the past be forgotten, and inall things let us praise the 
Lord!’ A few days afterwards, on the 23rd Zu’l-hajj, by ‘Abdu-llah 
Khian’s orders, harshness was carried to the point of placing the fallen 
Emperor’s feet in fetters. Already, on the 22nd Zi-l-hajj (19th January, 
1713), before any of the victorious prince’s officers had appeared in 
1M. Mbd, 155. Yahya Khan, 121 a, whohada personal grudge against the 
Sayyad brothers, puts Zu-l-fiqar Khan’s objection on the ground that the Sayyads 
were in power, and that they had no tenderness or good feeling for them (Asad 
Khan and his son). Hecould not tell how they would act towards him and his 
father. 
