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deputy of the first Bakhshi , were also surrounded. The disturbance 
was prolonged for a month; and as the house, known as Asaf-ud- 
daulah’s, in which Mir Jumlah resided, was close to the palace, be was 
forced in the end of Safar to move to another house that he owned, 
called Fidae Khan’s, near Kharl Baoli. 1 At this house the whole of 
the Mughals congregated, their leaders being Sayyad Fathullah Khan, 
Khweshgl, and Bahadur Dil Khan.' 2 For many days, especially on the 
1st Rabl‘ 1. (23rd February, 1716), the uproar in the city was indes¬ 
cribable, the streets being filled with Mughal horsemen fully armed 
and clad in mail. As it was thought that this outbreak would be used 
as a pretext for an armed attack on his house, Qutb-ul-mulk fortified 
himself in his quarter of the city, and increased the number of his 
troops; while his son-in-law and nephew, Ghairat Man, who had lately 
been appointed faujdar of Narnol, returned to Dihll, to take part in his 
uncle’s defence. The Emperor placed his personal guards, called the 
Haft Gauki , on permanent duty at the palace ; and when Qutb-ul-mulk 
or Khan Dauran went to audience, they were accompanied by the whole 
of their troops. Mir Jumlah took fright at the aspect of affairs and 
sought refuge in Muhammad Amin Khan’s house. At length it was 
decided that ten lakhs of rupees should be paid to the men, in order to 
get rid in this way of Mir Jumlah, with whom, owing to this conduct, 
Farrukhsiyar professed to be very angry. All his titles were taken 
from him; and he was removed from the offices of Daroghah of the Pages 
(Khaivas ) and Daro gh ah of the Post Office (Dak), which were confer¬ 
red on his deputies, Amin-ud-din Khan, Bahadur, and Mirza Khan. 
His government of ‘Azimabad Patnah was transferred to Sarbuland 
Khan. 3 
On the 9th Rabi‘ I. 1128 H. (3rd March, 1716), Mir Jumlah moved 
to Nizam-ul-mulk’s house, and next day that noble conducted him as 
far as Narelah, 4 and thence sent him on to Sihrind. At that place he 
delayed seven or eight months, putting up in the common roadside same 
in the hope of exciting Farrukhsiyar’s commiseration, but finally, by 
express order, he was forced to move on to Labor. His titles were not 
1 Apparently this Bitter Well ( Kharl Baoli ) lies behind and to the west of the 
Jami ‘Masjid; see map of Dihli city in C. T. Metcalfe’s “ Two Narratives.” 
8 This is Lachin Beg, known as the tasmah-kash or “strap-twister” ( strangler), 
S Mirza Muhammad, 253, KhafI Khan, IT, 770, Siyar-ul-mutahharin, 29 
Briggs, 129. 
4 Narelah, Indian Atlas Sheet 49 N.E., 16 m. N. of Dihli. Kamwar Khan, 162, 
says Nizam-ul-mulk and Hamid Khan only went as far as'Mandavl-i-namak (the Salt 
Market). Farrukhsiyar ordered Shamsher Khan, Afghan, to conduct Mir Jumlah to 
Labor, Kamwar Khan, entry of 7th Rabi* I., 1128 E, 
