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soldiers ran away without firing a single shot, and Shahryar himself, 

 together with his wife, was captured the next day and blinded by 

 Acaf Khan. The Padishahnamah says nothing about the fate of 

 Bayasanghar. 



Shahjahan, on receiving the news of the success of the dangerous 

 game which Acaf Khan had played, was overjoyed, and sent him an 

 order to kill Shahryar, Bulaqi, Bulaqi" s brother (Garshasp), Tahmuras, 

 and Hoshang. These five were killed by Acaf Khan in the night 

 from Tuesday to Wednesday, the 25th Jumada I, 1037. 



The account given in the Tuzuk (p. 421), is essentially the same. 

 The author, however, says that there was one charge made on Bdya- 

 sanghar's army, and that Shahryar was next day taken in chains before 

 Dawar Bakhsh, and was blinded two days later. On the third day 

 Tahmuras and Hoshang were imprisoned \_qucere, by Dawar]. The 

 fate of Bayasanghar is likewise passed over in silence. The order of 

 Shahjahan specifies Dawar Bakhsh, his brother Garshasp, Shahryar, 

 Tahmuras, and Hoshang, to be killed. 



Kliafi Khan's account as printed in the edition of Bill. Indica (I, 

 p. 390 to 391), is confused. He says, " the son (sic) of Danyal was with 

 Shahryar" (p. 390, 1. 9). There was some fighting, and Shahryar 

 was next morning taken before Dawar Bakhsh and blinded, and "the 

 sons of Danyal were dealt with as Shahryar had been treated, and were 

 made his companions." Shahjahan's order only specifies ' Shahryar 

 and the sons of Danyal' to be killed, which order Acaf Khan carried 

 out. Kliafi Khan says nothing about Dawar Bakhsh. 



Elphinstone's account (p. 575) differs, in a few items, from that of 

 the preceding three historians, though I do not know what sources 

 he used for this portion of his history. He says that Shahryar 

 formed a coalition with the two sons of his uncle Danyal [Tah- 

 muras and Hoshang], and that there was a battle which ended in a 

 defeat. Shahryar, he says, and the sons of Danyal, were afterwards 

 put to death by order of Shah Jahan. 



In a footnote, Elphinstone says that Dawar Shukoh [Quare, Dawar 

 Bakhsh] escaped to Persia, where lie was seen by the Holstein am- 

 bassadors [in A. H. 1012]. 



The author of the Khulacatuttaiuarikh follows the Tuzuk, and 

 that Dawar Bakhsh, his brother Gushtasp (sic), Shahryar, Tahmuras, 

 and Hoshang, were killed by order of Shall jahan. 



