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people engaged themselves in cultivation, catching fishes, and many be- 

 came plunderers, notwithstanding the rulers of the country threatened 

 them for bad conduct ; but they never lent them their ears. 



The Ddud Putras descended from the abovementioned three principal 

 branches ; and, as the number grew, were subdivided into the different 

 clans under the name of some respectable person of the family. Such is 

 the origin of the Ddud Putra race. 



On the death of Aurangzeb, A. H. 1118, Baha'dur Sha'h held the 

 sceptre of the realm of Hindustan, and was every day informed that the 

 Afghans under Je'wan Kha'n were destroying the country of Seivi and 

 Dhddar near Qandhdr. He was proud of the services which he had 

 performed for Aurangzeb against Dara' Shikoh. When the latter 

 prince passed through Sewi on his way to Qandhdr, he presented Jewan 

 Kha'n with riches, and trusting his confidence put up in his house. The 

 Kha'N being treacherous and forgetful of the liberal obligations which 

 he had received from the young prince, imprisoned and conducted him 

 to the presence of the king at Delhi. His majesty honored him with 

 the title of Bakhtyar Kha'n as well as with rich dresses*. 



Bakhtya'r Kha'n having obtained the leave of the king to return to 

 his native land, considered himself independent of the rulers of Qandhdr 

 and Shikdrpur. He after said publicly that he imprisoned Dara' 

 Shikoh and planted Aurangzeb on the throne; but while the king 

 lived he was afraid to rebel or to espouse predatory habits. 



When Aurangzeb expired, Bakhtya'r Khan became mutinous and 

 lengthened his hands to plunder the travellers. Baha'dur Sha'h was 

 highly incensed at this, and appointed his son the prince Moizzuddin 

 with an experienced army to chastise that banditti. The prince came 

 to Sewi by the way of Multdn, and after great opposition he killed 

 Bakhtya'r Kha'n and also the other Afghdns of his tribe. 



In this battle the Ddud Putras gave great assistance to the prince o r 

 the son of Baha'dur Shah, and showed wonderful actions of bravery. 

 They obtained a good deal of booty from the camp of the Bakhtydris, but 

 were in want of a good leader, and the means to draw the favorable notice 

 of the prince and his nobles. Being pressed, they commenced pillaging 

 the rear of the troops, and by that plan were summoned to the prince. 



Moizzuddin asked the Ddud Putras the cause of their ill behaviour, 

 to which their headmen, as Sa'daq Kha'n Birja'ni, Mendu' Kha'n, 

 Isla'm Kha'n and Muhammad Maru'b Kehra'ni, andQ^'YAM Kha'n 

 Irbani unanimously replied, that they without salary sided with the 

 * This account is particularly mentioned in the Shah Jahan Namah and Aurang. 

 zebe Namah. 



