58 W. Irvine —The Later Mu ghats. [Ho. 1, 
enough Farrukhslyar had conceived a similar plan, and therefore the 
offer was at once accepted. 1 
As Farrukhslyar was by this time in a great fright and held it of 
the first importance to come to some settlement, he now consented glad¬ 
ly to all their demands. On the 22nd Zu,l Qa’dah 1126 H. (28th 
November, 1714), the Emperor’s mother visited the house of Qutb-ul- 
Mulk and on her son’s behalf renewed his promises, binding herself by 
oaths in the most solemn form. On the next day Qutb-ul-Mulk with 
all his retinue repaired to the palace. Mir Jumlah and Khlin Dauran 
advanced as far as the door of the Public Audience Hall to receive him. 
The Nawab reproached them to their faces in the severest language. 
But the two cowards swallowed the bitter draught as if it had been 
composed of sugar and honey. Nob a word of answer issued from their 
lips. The Emperor was seated at the window in the Hall of Justice, 
when Qutb-ul-Mulk came in, followed by forty to fifty of his most trusty 
veterans. His Majesty embraced him affectionately and entered into 
many excuses for his own doings, the tears standing in his eyes the 
while. Qutb-ul-Mulk also wept, and recounted at length his own and 
his brother’s many acts of loyalty and self-sacrifice, ending with as- 
servations of their unalterable devotion. Then, in accordance with the 
demands of the Sayyads, it was agreed that Mir Jumlah should be des¬ 
patched to §ubah Bahar ; while Lutfullah Khan. Sadiq, who furnished 
all the brains that Mir Jumlah had, and was believed by the brothers 
to be at the root of all the mischief, was deprived of his rank. His 
mansion and gardens were confiscated, but on the request of Qutb-ul- 
Mulk, the rest of his property was left to him. On the 5th Zu,l Hijjah 
1126 H. (11th December, 1714), Mir Jumlah was conducted to Labor 
in the charge of two mace-bearers. 3 
On the day appointed for their attendance, just before the Sayyads 
were received in audience, Lutfullah Khan Sadiq, with effusive signs of 
joy, had met them in the middle of the great court in front of the public 
audience chamber, and began to sound their praises like a hired flat¬ 
terer. “ During their absence the Court, even at noomtide, had been 
“ jffunged in the darkness of a long wiuter night, it seemed as if with 
‘‘them the sun and moon had disappeared” and more in the same 
strain. Qutb-ul-Mulk retorted roughly : “ What is the use of all this 
“ fulsome talk ; if you meant it in your heart, why did you not show it 
“ in acts and try to heal the breach ” P Lutfullah Khan then informed 
them that he had noticed a change in the Emperor’s purpose, and be¬ 
lieved that mischief was intended, for this reason only had he now 
1 Ahwal-i-khawaqjn , 93b. 
2 Mirza Muhammad, 199, Kamwar Khan, 151, has 23rd—Warid, 151a. 
