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t]ieir property confiscated. The same course was adopted with the 
estate of the late Kokaltash Khan (‘All Murad). Sabha Cand, 
Zu-l-fiqar Khan’s chief man of business, who had been promoted by him 
to the office of dlwan of the Khalisah, or Imperial Revenue Office, with 
the title of Rajah, was summoned by ‘Abd-ullah Khan. Finding that 
this man was sent for, Zu-l-fiqar Khan began to fear for himself, and he 
told Sabha Cand not to obey the order. ‘Abd-ullah Khan sent re-assur¬ 
ing messages and advised the ex-wazir not to interfere. Zu-l-fiqar Khan 
was not satisfied, until in a few days farmdns arrived, addressed to him¬ 
self and his father, promising them the new emperor’s favour. Some of 
these letters went so far as to promise his restoration to the office of 
wazir. As there was no other way out of the difficulty, Sabha Cand 
was now sent in charge of Davvar Dad Khan to Sayyid ‘Abd-ullah Khan» 
Sabha Cand was put into prison and his house confiscated. 1 2 
3. Death of Zu-l-fiqar Khan. 
Although one month had barely elapsed since Farrukhsiyar had won 
an empire almost entirely by the exertions of the two Sayyid brothers, 
a party adverse to them had already been formed in the imperial camp. 
At its head was ‘ Ubaid-ullah, Shari { at-ullah Khan, 8 a Turani, who 
when qdzl of Dhakah ( Dacca) had acquired great influence over 
Farrukhsiyar. Allied with him were other personal friends and de¬ 
pendents of the new emperor, the principal man being Khwaja ‘Asim 
(Ashraf Khan), 3 a native of A grab. Shari‘at-ullah Khan, although 
possessing little capacity for high office, was a bold ambitious man, 
whose chief object was to clear his own road to power by destroying 
as many as possible of the old nobility, and sowing in Farrukhsiyar’s 
heart the seeds of suspicion against the Sayyids, whom he hoped soon 
to supplant. 4 
When it was known in Farrukhsiyar’s entourage that Zu-l-fiqar 
Khan had visited ‘Abd-ullah Khan and that some kind of friendly pro¬ 
posals had been interchanged, it was resolved to interfere at once. 5 * * The 
1 Mirza Muhammad, 158. 
2 Afterwards Mir Jumlah. To give him a status in the court he had been, 
made ddrdgha of the pages (Khawass), on the 20th Zu-l-Hijjah (17th January, 1713) 
and the title of ‘Ibad-ullah Khan was conferred on the 26th of that month. 
3 Afterwards Samsamu-d-daulah, Khan Dauran, who was made ddrdgha of the 
Audience Hall on the 1st Muharram (27th January, 1713). 
4 Mirza Muhammad, 158, 159. 
6 Yahya Khan, 121b, makes out that Farrukhsiyar asked the Sayyids for 
advice as to the conduct to be pursued towards Jahandar Shah, Asad Khan, and 
Zu-1 fiqar Khan. ‘Abd-ullah Khan, Husain All Khan and Lacin Beg held that on no 
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