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and Husain ‘All Khan was victorious. In the same way, Mir Jumlah’s. 
doings at Patnah will be told hereafter. 1 
Section 17.— Farru^hsIyar’s Marriage to AjIt Singh’s Daughter 
(May-December 1715). 
Owing to bis anxiety to return at once to Court, Husain ‘All Khan 
had not been able to wait in Rajputanah, until Rajah Ajit Singh had 
finished the necessary preparations for the despatch of his daughter to 
Dihli. When the dispute with the Sayyads had been allayed and Husain 
‘All Khan had taken his departure for the Dakhin, Shaistah Khan, 
the Emperor’s maternal uncle, was sent on the 12th Jamadi I 1127 H. 
(15th May, 1715) to bring the bride from her home at Jodhpur. He 
arrived with her at Dihli on the 25th Ramazan 1127 H. (23rd September, 
1715), and tents were erected within the palace for her reception. 
She was then sent to the mansion of Amir-ul-Umara, and the prepara¬ 
tions for the wedding were made over to Qutb-ul-Mulk. Four days 
afterwards the Emperor repaired to the mansion of Amir-ul-Umara, and 
there on repetition of the creed, the lady was admitted into the Maho- 
medan faith. The same night the marriage rite was performed by 
Shari vat Khan, the chief Qazi, one lakh of gold coins 2 * being entered in 
the deed as her dower. The nobles presented their congratulations, and 
the Qazi received a present of Rs. 2,000). 5 
The bridegroom’s gifts to the bride 4 were provided on a regal scale 
by the Emperor’s mother, and sent to the bride’s quarters on the 15th Zu,l 
Hijjah (11th December, 1715), accompanied by many nobles, who were 
entertained by Qutb-ul-Mulk, On the 20th the ceremony of applying 
henna to the bridegroom’s hands and feet carried out, and the persons 
who brought it were entertained in the usual way. 6 On the 21st (17th 
December, 1715), the whole of the Diwan-i-‘Am and the courtyard (Jilau 
Khcinah). both sides of the road within the palace, and the plain towards 
the Jamnah were illuminated by lamps placed on bamboo screens. 
About nine o’clock in the evening, Farrukhsiyar came out by the Dihli 
1 Kamwar Khan,—Report of battle received 10th Shawwal, 1127 H. (8th Octo¬ 
ber, 1715). 
8 Ashrafi , a gold coin worth 16 rupees. 
8 Mirza Muhammad, 212, Kamwar Khan, 156, 158. 
4 These were called the Sdchaq, a Tnrki word. Mirza Muhammad tried to get 
into the palace of Qutb-ul-Mulk as a spectator, but the crowd was so great that he 
was forced to come away. In the Orme Collections, p. 1697, Surman’s diary says : 
“ December 1st. Great preparations made for the King’s marriage with the Rauny 
that arrived some time ago.” December 1st, Old Style = December 12th, New Style. 
6 Mirza Muhammad, I. O. Library, No. 50, fol. 132a. For Hinna landau , Mahndi 
landau , see Herklot’s “ Qanoon e-Islam,” p. 68. 
