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(N.S.), the Emperor had been for some time under treatment by Mr. 
Hamilton. His ailments are said in the envoy’s letters to have been 
first swellings in the groin and then a threatened fistula. This account 
agrees closely with the contemporary writer, Kamwar Khan’s, state¬ 
ment. 1 On the 3rd, Earrukhsivar bathed on his recovery, and on the 
10th December the surgeon was publicly presented with valuable gifts. 
As to this mission we shall give further details in a future section. 
Section 18 . —Fight between the Retainers of Muhammad Amin Kj^an 
and of Khan Dauran (April 1st, 1716). 
As an illustration of the disorder and want of discipline prevailing, 
even when the Emperor was present, among the large bodies of troops 
maintained by the chief nobles, we will here recount a fight which took 
place between the men of Muhammad Amin Khan and those of Khan 
Dauran. On the 6th Rabi‘ II 1128 H. (29th March, 1716), Farrukh- 
siyar started for one of his numerous hunting expeditions to Siuli, a 
preserve near Sonpat and about 20 miles north of Dihli. On the 26th 
(18th April, 1716), he returned to Agharabad, just north of the city, and 
pitched his camp near the garden of Shalihmar. Three days afterwards 
(21st April, 1716), Mirza Muhammad rode out from the city in the 
morning, and after paying some visits, alighted at the tents of Sa'dullah 
Khan, where he ate his breakfast and took a sleep. Kear the time of 
afternoon prayer ( zuhar ), at less than three hours to sunset, as he 
was preparing to go home, he heard the sound of cannon and musketry 
fire. The men of Muhammad Amin Khan and of Khan Dauran 
had begun to fight. The contest went on for over an hour, and as 
Mirza Muhammad was riding home, he met crowds of armed men, 
who were hurrying from the city to take a part in the affray, the 
majority being retainers of Muhammad Amin Khan, most of whose 
men had gone into the city, whereas Elian Dauran’s were still with 
him. Opposite the Surkh-sangi or red-stone Mosque, Qamr-ud-din 
Khan, son of Muhammad Amin Elian, was encountered, galloping 
at the head of some men to his father’s aid. During the night word was 
brought into the city that by Farrukhsiyar’s orders, Amin-ud-din 
Khan and others had parted the combatants and settled the dispute. 
The origin of the affair was this. Muhammad Amin Khan’s retinue 
was returning from the audience to their own tents at the time Elian 
1 0 ciin dar In ayyam nasure dar otzae safall-i-Bddshdh-i-daurdn ariz shudah 
bud . . . “ as in those days a gangrene had established itself in the ignoble 
parts of the reigning Emperor ”... Kamwar Khan’s date for the gifts is 
the 14th Zul, Qa’dah (10th Nov., 1715 ). The English Envoy (on July 7th, 1715), 
calls the ailment bluntly “ buboes, ” Orme Coll., p. 1695. 
