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seized and detained his right hand, which, being pre- 
concerted, was the signal for his death-blow. The 
slave who rode behind Mohummed Khan drew his 
dagger and stabbed the Vizier to the heart. 
When the news of this treachery was made known 
to the Emperor, the assassins were received by that 
weak monarch with every expression of pleasure, and 
the office of Vizier was immediately conferred upon 
Afrasiab. Mohummed Khan was also greeted with 
marks of the Kings approbation, and was invested 
with the command of a province, where he continued 
somewhat out of reach of court intrigue for many 
years ; but having on some occasion offered an 
indignity to his old ally and enemy, Afrasiab, he fell 
a victim to the revenge of that remorseless villain, 
and was buried in the vicinity of the spot where he 
had accomplished the assassination of Mirza Zaffi. 
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