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of the Khaims , or pages, 15th Shawwal 1129 H. (21st September, 1717). 
Farrukhslyar’s consent to this change was only reluctantly given. 1 
Other appointments of old officials were those of Muhammad Yar Khan, 
grandson of Asaf Khan, Yamin-ud-daulah, 2 to be Khansaman, and of 
Hamid-ud-dm Khan, ‘Alamgiri, 3 to be ‘Arz Mukarrar, 29th Shaban 
1128 H. (17th August, 1716). As already related, it was about this 
time that the ending of the campaign against Curaman, Jat, through 
the intrigues of Qutb-ul-mulk and Sayyad Khan Jahan (April 10th, 
1718), added fresh fuel to Farrukhslyar’s anger. 4 
Note A. The Jaziyah or Poll Tax . 
The i jaziyah tax was re-imposed by ‘Alamglr in his twenty-second 
year (1090 H., 1679-80), 6 and thus it had been levied for thirty-four 
years when it was abolished again in the first year of Farrukhsiyar. 6 
1 According to Mirza Muhammad, 319, Sayyad Amir Khan’s name was Abd-ul- 
karim; he was the son of Amir Khan, son of Qasim Khan, Namakin. His father 
died when he was very young ; he long received a daily allowance, and eventually 
obtaining a small mansab, rose gradually under ‘Alamgir, and gained the title of Tanak 
(or Multifat) Khan. He succeeded Anwar Khan as superintendent of the pages, an 
office that he held for more than fifteen years and up to the death of ‘Alamgir. He 
had become Khanahzad Khan, Hafiz, and finally Amir Khan. In Bahadur Shah’s 
reign he was subahdar of Agrah, up to the end of the reign. In Jahandar Shah’s 
reign he was replaced by Muhammad Mah (A’zam Khan), and transferred to charge 
of the Agrah fort. From their residence in Sind, his family bore the epithet of 
Sindhi, although really they were Sayyads from Hirat. There are the following 
biographies in the Ma,dsir-ul-umard : Amir Khan, Sindhi, I., 303, Qasim Khan 
(Mir Ab’ul Qasim), Namakin, III., 74, Amir Khan (Mir Ab’ul Baqa), d. 1057 H., I 
172. For an explanation of the epithet “Namakin” ( not “ Tamkin”), see Bloch- 
mann, A,in, I., 470, and table on p. 471. Amir Khan was not long at Court; on the 
10th Rabi‘ I., 1130 H. (Kamwar Khan, 176) he was replaced by Muhammad Murad ; 
and on the 9th Jamadi I., 1130 H. (id. 177 ), was sent back to Agi'ah as fort com¬ 
mandant. He died on the 28th Zu,l Qa’dah 1132 H. (30th September, 1720), aged 
77 years, and the Tdrikh-i-Muhammadi describes him as the son-in-law of Mir ’Isa, 
Himmat Khan (d. 1092 H.) Mir Bakhshi, son of Islam Khan, Badakhshi (d. 1072 H.) 
2 Muhammad Yar Khan (son of Mirza Bahmanyar), Subahdar of Dihli, Ma,dsir- 
ul-umard, III. 706. His son Hasan Yar Khan died young ‘ Tarikh-i-Mhdi, d. 15th- 
20th Safar 1133 H. aged about 40), and he had no other issue. Muhammad Yar 
Khan himself died 18th Jamadi I, 1138 H.at Dihli. There are the following biogra¬ 
phies of this family in the Ma,dsir-ul’umard ; Asaf Khan, I, 151, d. 1051 H.; ‘Itiqad 
Khan, I, 232, d. 1082 H ; Muhammad Yar Khan, III., 700, d. 1138 H. 
3 For Hamid-ud-din Khan, ‘Alamgiri, see Ma,dsir-ul-umard, I., 605. 
4 Khafi Khan, II., 775, 776, Shiu Das, 17a, Mirza Muhammad, 293, 319, 228, 
Kamwar Khan, 172. 
6 Mafisir-WAlamgiri, p. 174. 
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