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troubled them. Having planted the seeds of distrust in their hearts, 
he hurried back to the Emperor and said that from what he had seen, 
he expected the Sayyads would use force. Farrukhsiyar broke out 
into anger: “The better I treat these men, the worse they oppose 
me.” Additional guards were posted at the doors. After the usual 
ceremonies, Qutb-ul-Mulk stepped forward and protested their loyalty, 
and prayed that tale-bearers might no longer be listened to. For in¬ 
stance, a person trusted by His Majesty had just met them in the open 
court of the Audience Hall, and professing to be their friend, had told them 
that His Majesty meant to treat them harshly. If His Majesty thought 
them worthy of punishment, let him execute them with his own hand; 
and they would be happy to become a sacrifice. Farrukhsiyar retorted 
that a man had just told him the Sayyads intended to use force. The 
Sayyads rejoined that till one of these men was punished, things would 
never resume their proper course. The Emperor demanded the same. 
Explanations followed ; this double treachery was brought home to the 
culprit, and the incident was the principal cause of Lutfullah Khan’s 
sudden disgrace. 1 
As Nawab Husain ‘All Khan would not come to court until Mir 
Jumlah had left, the latter received his audience of dismissal on the 
l Id-uz-zuhci (16th December, 1714). Four days afterwards (20th De¬ 
cember, 1714), Husain ‘All Khan entered the palace with his men, ob¬ 
serving the same precautions as in the case of Qutb-ul-Mulk. The Em¬ 
peror and the Mir Bakhshl exchanged compliments, under which their 
real sentiments were easily perceived. Some months before this time 
(12th Ramazan, 1126 H.—20th September, 1714) Husain ‘All Khan had 
obtained in his own favour a grant of the Dakhin Subahs, in super- 
1 Aliwdl-i-lchawdqin, 72a. 
The following pungent chronogram is given by Khushhal Cand (404a), who 
evidently disliked Lutfullah Khan very much :— 
Ai ! la-bin ‘z ah-i-Tchalq Lutfullah 
Az lulandi ( ftddah dar tah-i-cah ; 
Sal-i-tarikh az Khirad jxistam : 
Ouft Hatif Tcih, “ Radd shud ladkhwah ” (1126). 
“ Oh! Behold, through the cries of the people, Lutfallah has fallen from a 
lofty place into a deep well; 1 sought the date from Wisdom. An angel spoke : 
“ The wisher of evil was cast out.” 
Lutfallah Khan went to his home at Panipat, where Mirza Muhammad paid 
him a visit on the 9th Safar 1131 H, (28th Dec., 1718), when passing through on his 
way from Dihlx to Rahun in the Jalandhar dudbah ( Mirza Muhammad, 420). 
Dakhni Khanum, the Emperor’s maternal aunt, entered on possession of Lutfullah’s 
confiscated mansion. 
