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W. Irvine —Guru Gobind Sirjgh and Bandah. 
“Pimp! Pimp!” Now, as Islam Khan was following his prisoner on 
another elephant, Rustam Dil Khan retorted unabashed, “Which do 
you mean? The pimp in front or the one behind?” His office of 
Mir Tozak was given to another man, and ‘Inayatullah Khan, the 
Khansaman, or Lord Steward, was directed to confiscate his property. 
The amount reported was 500 gold coins ( asharfi ) 1,36,000 rupees, 
11 elephants, 70 horses, 18 camels, some jewels, and forty cart-loads of 
tents. After a few months the culprit was released, and received the 
name of Gfhazanfar Khan in place of his old titles (20th Shawwal. 1123 
= 30th November, 1711). 1 
On the 14th Zu,l Hajj, 1123 (22nd January, 1712), barely a month 
before Bahadur Shah’s death, Muhammad Amin Khan reported a severe 
fight with the Sikhs, and with his letter he sent in five hundred heads. 
But, on the Emperor’s death, Muhammad Amin Khan left that part of 
the country and returned to the imperial camp with the object of tak- * 
ing part in the fight for the succession. The Guru saw his opportunity 
and once more took possession of the town of Sadhaura, and re¬ 
stored the fort of Lohgarh. Here he remained undisturbed for about 
two months. When Jahandar Shfih’s accession had taken place, 
Muhammad Amin Khan was sent back to continue the campaign, and 
Zaiuu-d-dm Ahmad Klian. faujdar of Chakld Sirhind, was ordered 
to put himself under that general’s orders. For several months the 
investment of Sadhaura was maintained without result. Then, to¬ 
wards the end of the year 1124 (December, 1712), when Jahandar Shall 
left Dihll for Agra to oppose the advance of Farrukh Siyar, he re¬ 
called Muhammad Amin Khan to head-quarters. Subsequent events 
will fall within the reign of Farrukh Siyar. 2 
[Note. —Another extract relating the capture and execution of Bandah, and 
giving an account of the Sikh spiritual succession up to 1173 H., has already 
appeared in the Asiatic Quarterly Review for April, 1894, pp. 420-431.] 
1 Kamwar Khan, 95, 98, and Dastiir-uK Ami, B. M., Oriental MSS., 1690, for 
155 k 
3 Kamwar Khan, 100; MIrza Muhammad, 215—237. 
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