Chap. II. 
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admit of no Delay. On the next Day, which was the 
Eighteenth, Sirbullind Khan went likewife to the Dirbar, 
where were prefent Nizam al Muluck , and Kummir o' din 
Khan , and he flayed there until Noon. Tbamas Khan and 
Mujiapha Khan , prefling them concerning the Money, 
Sirbullind Khan told Nizam al Muluck as follows ; “ I 
“ have, a long time ago, forefeen this Difgrace, and fre- 
44 quently reprefented to the Emperor, that before Things 
44 were paft Remedy, he ought to take fome Meafure, 
® 4 and not through too much Security reckon any Acci- 
44 dent unworthy his Care and Prevention. I defired him 
44 to employ fome experienced and faithful Perfon, and 
54 to give him full Power, that with a Sum of Money, 
44 and other valuable Things, as a Peifficulh, he might 
44 make up Matters, prevent the impending Calamity, 
64 and live, as formerly with the Shah, in an amicable 
44 Manner. Every Body imagined I couched fome De- 
44 figns and Self- Views under this Advice. They them- 
44 felves would contrive no Expedient, nor would they re- 
44 ly on the Contrivance of another, until, atlaft, Affairs 
44 are come to this calamitous and difgraceful Iffue.’’ To 
this Nizam al Muluck made, no Anfwer. Then lhamas 
Khan addrefling himfelf to Kummir o' din Khan , repeated to 
him the Subftance of what Nadir Shah at firft meeting re- 
proached Mohammed Shah with. Afterwards he told him. 
What is paft ftiall not be remembered. Now my Shah 
wants the Money, ufe all Means you can to raife it, and 
bring not yourfelves into any further Difgrace by being 
dilatory.” Sirbullind Khan anfwered, 44 undoubtedly 
44 we will raife it wherever it is to be found.’ 5 Tbamas Khan 
afked him, if he had not Money himfelf, Sirbullind Khan 
faid to him, 44 If I had had Money, I would have fent 
46 it to you to Khandahar , and prevented you from having 
44 the Trouble of coming hither. 5 * 
In fhort, by what patted at this Meeting, it was known 
that Nadir Shah , after this Victory, and having eftablifhed 
his Power, had demanded of Nizam al Muluck twenty Crore 
of Rupees, or twenty-five Millions Sterling, (excluflve of 
the Jewels, Gold-Plate fet with precious Stones, and other 
line Goods, feized of the King’s and other Omrahs) to 
be collected in the belt Manner he could, out of the King’s 
Treafury, his own Effects, and all the other Omrahs, 
wealthy People, and Inhabitants. Such a Sum was not 
to be raifed out of the King’s Treafury or the Omrahs 
Effects j for, in the King’s, all the Gold and Silver Coins 
did not exceed three Crore : But, in the inward Vaults, 
(which had been fhut up and fealed for many Tears, no 
body knowing by whom they were fealed, or what they 
contained) there was found of Gold and Silver a much 
larger Amount than the Money in the Treafury. Nizam 
al Muluck contributed a Peilhcufh of one Crore and a 
half in Jewels, Treafures, and Goods ; as did alfo 
Kummir o' din Khan to the fame Amount. Saadit Khan 
had formerly agreed to pay one Crore of Rupees, and 
made good thirty Lacks thereof, which was all that had 
efcaped being plundered •, he promifed to fend for the 
Remainder from his Soubah. Sirbullind Khan , on ac- 
count of his Poverty, was excufed from any Share ; and 
threeCrore of Rupees were appointed to be levied on fome of 
Manfubdar , Muttefiddys , Officers, and the rich Inhabitants, 
each in Proportion to his Circumftances. Formerly Saadit 
Khan was ordered to colled: this Money. After his Death, 
and the Slaughter and Plunder of the City, this Buflnefs 
was recommended to the Care of Sirbullind Khan and the 
other Omrahs, which i lhamas Khan , at his Meeting, preff- 
ed them about. Accordingly it was now agreed, that 
jizim Khan , Chuchl Keijhvir , Vakeel of the Sohbahdars of 
Bengal , Seta Ram , and all the Manfubdar s and Officers 
of the Chaboutra , &c. fhould meet at Sirbullind Khan's 
Houfe, and make an End of this Affair. All Officers, 
Inhabitants, tfc. who were fufpeTed to be rich, were or- 
dered to give in a Lift of what Money and Effefts they 
were Matters of, to be laid before the Shah, that what- he 
liked he might take, and what he forgave them they 
might keep $ and whoever pleaded Poverty, fuch Perfon 
fhould declare the fame by a Writing under 
Hand 
and Seal, that in cafe it fhould be afterwards proved that 
he had given in a falfe Account, he might be puniffiedi 
That Day the People before-mentioned came to Sirbullind 
Khan's Houfe, and having ftaid until the Evening, and 
enrolled fome Names* returned to their own Houfes. 
This Affair was profecuted for feveral Days following 
with the utmoft Diligence ; during which time alfo they 
were bufy in preparing Illuminations on the Banks of the 
River, and Fire-works for the Wedding of Nefr Allah 
Mirza , Nadir Shah' s Son, who was to be married to the 
Daughter of Jefden Bukhjh , Son of Kam Bukhjh. On the 
Night of the Twenty- feventh of March , the Marriage 
was confummated : Mohammed Shah made the young' 
Princefs a Prefent of Jewels to the Value of 50,000 Ru- 
pees, and, in ready Money, 50,000 more. Some Days 
after the Marriage, Nadir Shah fent them Jewels to the 
Value of five Lack of Rupees, or 62,500 Pounds u . 
The Council for afeertaining the Peifhcufh or Prefent, 
was continually held in the Cattle, near the Divan of Ju- 
ftice, at which aflifted 1 Tbamas Khan , Mujiapha Khan , and 
Mohammed Shah's Omrahs, until the Eighth of April at 
Noon ; and, during that Time, every Body was prefent 
at the faid Place, from Sun-rife to Sun- fet. All the Vakeels 
and Agents of the Manfubdars , and other Officers, gave 
conftant Attendance ; and, at Night, each returned to 
his own Houfe without having a Gentry or Guard over 
them. In thofe Days, and alfo afterwards, feveral Peo- 
ple finding Affairs go hard with them, left their Effebfs’ 
and Families behind, and made their Efcape out of the 
City in the beft Manner they could, being glad, at any 
rate, to fave their Lives. Several of Mohammed Shah's 
Omrahs were obliged to flay the whole Day in the Cattle 
in a mean Manner, and perpetual Fear, with but one 
Horfe and a few Servants to attend them, and at Night 
they returned to their own Houfes. The whole of this 
Month was paffed by, the Subjects of Mohammed Shah in 
a very melancholy Manner •, for, notwithftanding they 
raifed prodigious Sums, yet new Demands were ftill made 
and exafled from them in fo rigorous a manner, that they 
frequently chofe Death, as a milder Punifliment than thole 
to which they were expofed : As, for Inftance, the Agent 
of the Province of Bengal , was ordered to fend for feven 
Crore of Rupees from thence, which is almoft nine Milli- 
ons of our Money. He, to demonftrate the Impoflibi- 
Jity of complying with this Order, anfwered, that fuch a 
Sum of Money would fill a Line of Waggons, reaching 
from Bengal to Dehly. For this Freedom he was fo ill 
treated, that, in Refentment, he went home, murdered 
his Family, and then himfelf *, and it would appear a 
Thing incredible, if we were to mention a few only of the 
many Examples of this fort that happened 
On the Firft of May, all the Omrahs were ordered by 
Nadir Shah to be at Mohammed, Shah's by Five of the 
Clock in the Morning, where they all received Prefects 
from that Conqueror, according to their feveral Ranks, con- 
fitting of Cloaths, Arms, and Pieces of Gold, and Silver- 
Stuff. About Eight in the Morning, Mohammed Shah, 
feated in a Royal Litter, with a Canopy Umbrella, and 
fome red Litter, with feveral of the Omrahs, went to- 
wards the General Divan, the Omrahs being mounted at a 
fmall Diftance behind him •, when they came near the 
General Divan, the Emperor ordered Saad o' din Khan to 
let none but the head Omrahs, and a few of the chief 
Manfubdars to go farther. At the Door of the General 
* One would imagine that this was a Marriage formed upon fome political Motive, which, however, it is very difficult to difeover, fince Nadir 
Shah never Ihewed any Intention of depriving the Mogul of his Dominions. It is not impoffible, however, that he might fufped, from the Condi- 
tion in which he law the Empire, that it could not long fubfift, and might therefore incline to have a Son or a Grand ion fo related to the Imperial 
Family, as, in that cafe, to form a Pretenfion to it ; for otherwife this is a Tranfa&ion, for which no rational Account can be given, efpecially, confi- 
dering the Time when this Marriage was folemnized. 
w There cannot be a ftronger Mark of Degeneracy and Corruption, than what fome People may miilake for Bravery and high Spirit ; I mean thefe 
fort of Self-murders. We have, in this Hiitory, the cleared Initance of it ; for thefe People had feen their Country over-run, their Friends and Re- 
lations abufed and murdered, their Sovereign infulted, and their Government overturned, without fo much as one riiquing their Perfons to prevent 
fuch Mifchiefs ; but now, when the Means of Luxury were to be taken away, and they were in Danger of living poor, they could pluck up a Spi- 
rit and kill themfelves. 
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