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the Nail), who exercised such severities on the occasion that he was 

 recalled, (A. D. 1714,) and Azim Khan appointed in his place: 

 however, after an interval of one year Allie Mohained was reinstated 

 as Naib of Syud Khan Bahadoor, (A. D. 1 7 16). Ehteram Khan 

 succeeded as Naib for one year. Anatoola Khan now returned from 

 Mecca, was received with distinction by the Emperor Firokshere, 

 who conferred upon him the Soobahdaree of Cashmere ; he accord- 

 ingly sent (A. D. 1717,) Meer Ahmud Khan as his Naib. The 

 practice of appointing Naibs seems now to have fairly come into 

 fashion amongst the great nobles of the Mogul court, who looked 

 upon their appointment solely as a vehicle of extorting money from 

 their respective governments. "We may conceive that the condition 

 of a province thus governed was not generally happy. The present 

 Soobahdar, however, seems to have been a conscientious man, and 

 selected his Naibs with a view to the faithful government of the 

 country ; but the first of them Meer Ahmed Khan had scarcely 

 arrived when his government was disturbed by a fanatic named 

 Motavie Khan, who excited serious religious disturbances, which the 

 Naib was unable to suppress. The second Naib Abdoola Khan 

 (A. D. 1719,) who relieved him, met with no better success; at 

 length the third Naib his successor Momind Khan succeeded in 

 defeating and killing the fanatic Motavie Khan, but was still unequal 

 to govern the country. Anatoola Khan meeting with no better 

 success in the choice of his deputies, now requested to be relieved, 

 and accordingly Saif-ood-dowlah (A. D, 1721,) was appointed to 

 succeed him. 



Meantime the throne of Delhi had been occupied by several 

 puppet kings set up by Syud Hussan Allie Khan, Soobahdar of the 

 Dekkan, who got the upper hand of the Emperor Eirokshere, whom 

 he imprisoned, blinded, and afterwards put to death. 



A. D. 17 18. The throne was then successively occupied by 

 Bomushan for five months and Bufiut-dowlah for six months, till in 

 the year 1720, | \rr *^ vj d&, Mahomed Shah ascended the throne 

 of Delhi, and soon after appointed Saif-ood-dowlah viceroy of Cash- 

 mere, who, however, only retained it six months ; he then sent a Naib 

 named Nujeeb Khan, who remained one year. 



A. D. 1723. — This year Azim Khan was appointed Soobahdar; 

 during his one year of power a famine occurred. 



