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session of Nizam-ul-Mulk. He had then no intention of proceeding 
there in person, but meant to exercise the government through a deputy, 
Daud Khan, as had been done by Zu.lfiqar Khan, after fixing the amount 
of profit to be remitted to him every year. It was now proposed that 
he should leave Court and take over charge of the Dakhin himself. 
Owing to fears for his brother’s safety and other reasons, be had been 
very reluctant to leave Dihli. At length, under pressure of circum¬ 
stances, he consented to take his departure to the South, Khan Dauran 
Samsam-ud-daulah being appointed his deputy at Court. One writer 1 
ascribes this change of plan to Husain ‘All Khan’s disgust with recent 
events. It should rather be looked on as part of the agreement under 
which Mir Jumlah w T as sent away. 2 
On the 17th Zu,l Hijjah (3rd December, 1714), after his own troops 
had taken charge of the palace gates, Husain ‘All Khan’s audience of 
leave-taking took place; but his first march to Nizam-ud-din Auliya’s 
tomb was postponed till the 29th Safar (5th March), and his actual 
departure was not reported till the 30th Rabl‘ 11127 H. (4th April, 1715), 
when he set out by way of Ajmer. At this last audience he had made 
the significant remark that if in his absence, Mir Jumlah were recalled, 
or his brother were subjected to annoyance, his return to Court might 
be looked for within twenty days from the occurrence of either event. 
He took with him power to appoint and remove all officials and exchange 
the commanders of all forts in the Dakhin. Nay, a common story is 
that, under compulsion, Farrukhsivar made over to him the great seal, 
in order that the warrants of appointment to the forts should not re¬ 
quire imperial confirmation. The settlement of these various matters had 
caused a delay of three or four months, which were spent by Husain ‘All 
Khan at Barahpulah. 8 Hardly was Husain ‘All Khan’s back turned before 
new schemes were contrived, and on the 29th Jumadi I (3rd May, 1715), 
Daud Khan, then Governor at Ahmadabad in Gujarat, was reappointed 
to Burhanpur, one of the Siihahs under charge of Husain ‘All Khan. 
Daud Khan received secret instructions from the Court to resist the Mir 
Bakhshi to the best of his ability, and if possible to kill him. The 
reward promised him was succession to the six Siihahs of the Dakhin. 
"When we come to relate events in the various provinces during this 
reign, we shall return to the subject. Suffice it to say here that, much 
to the chagrin of the Court party, Daud Khan was killed in battle 
near Burhanpur on the 8th Ramazan 1127 H. (6th September, 1715), 
1 Mirza Mnharnmad, 202. 
3 Khafi Khan, II, 741. 
8 Mirza Muhammad, India Office Library, MS. No. 50, foil. 1286, Khafi 
Khan, II, 742. 
