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suffice to meet their expenses, and, as we must remember, it was no 
doubt very irregularly paid. 1 
According to Yahya Khan, one of Farrukhsiyar’s grievances against 
‘Abdullah Khan was, that whenever he appointed an ‘ amil , he took 
from the appointee a writing 2 in the nature of a contract or lease, and 
realized the money from the man’s banker. This practice was held, 
rightly enough, to be destructive to the prosperity of the district to 
which the man was sent. The Emperor requested that it might be 
abandoned, and that in place of it, all appointments should be made 
amanz, that is, should involve complete accounting for gross receipts 
and expenses, and for the resulting balance. ‘Abdullah Khan refused. 
He also offered a passive resistance to the re-imposition of the Jizyah, 
or poll tax. 3 
About this time a subordinate of the Khdlisah office, a protege of 
Ratn Cand, was called upon to file his accounts, and a large sum was 
brought out by the auditors as owing by him. ‘Inayatullah Khan im¬ 
prisoned this defaulter and, in spite of repeated messages from Ratn 
Cand, refused to release him. One day, the man evaded his guards and 
took refuge in the house of Ratn Cand. With the Emperor’s sanction, 
armed messengers were sent to bring the fugitive from his protector’s 
house, but the Wazir’s Diwdn refused to surrender him. Between the 
Emperor and the minister there was an angry interview, and the latter 
was ordered to dismiss Ratn Cand, but nothing came of it. 
In pursuance of the plan to restore the older men to office, Sayyad 
Amir Khan, ‘Ulwi, who was then fort-commander at Agrah, was re¬ 
called to Court; he and his relations were presented on the 9th Rajab 
1129 H. (18th June, 1717). 4 Mirza Muhammad who, as a page, had 
served under this man in ‘Alamglr’s reign, was of opinion that his 
age (he being then seventy-four) and his failing memory, rendered him 
unfit for active employment. Samsam-ud-daulah being of the same 
opinion, and seeing that the old man could never become a dangerous 
rival, pushed his claims, and as Qutb-ul-mulk was displeased with 
Amm-ud-din Khan, 6 obtained for him that noble’s office of Daroghah 
1 Khiishhal Cand, 399b. 
2 ]£hat-i-ant (?), this is some Hindi word, query read, “ a note of hand.” 
5 Yahya Khan, fol. 123 b. 
4 The popular rumour was that Samsam-ud-daulah had fallen into disgrace, and 
would soon be supplanted in his office of Daroghah of the Privy Audience Cham¬ 
ber by Sayyad Amir Khan. 
6 Amin-ud-din Khan obtained re-employment two months afterwards (Mirza 
Muhammad, 331), and on the 29th Zul-Hijjah 1129H. (3rd December, 1718) he was 
made Buyutat of the Bikdb ( i.e the Court) and of Dihli. 
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