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time, as he was greatly afraid of the Sayyads, he bound the Nawab to 
disclose nothing, until one of the men devoted to his cause had removed 
Qutb-ul-niulk out of their way. Nizam-ul-mulk saw plainly enough 
that on these conditions the enterprize was hopeless, and therefore 
amused the Emperor with procrastinating words, without committing 
himself. Day after day passed until Farrukhsiyar despaired of assist- 
ance in this direction. A few months afterwards (16th Safar 1131 H., 
7th January, 1719), Farrukhsiyar. in his heedless, short-sighted way, 
finally alienated Nizam-ul-mulk by removing him from his appointment 
in Chaklah Muradabad, which was then erected into a §ubah and confer¬ 
red on the favourite 1‘tiqad Khan (Muhammad Murad). 1 
Section 29.—Mir Jumlah’s Second Return to Dihli. 
We have already told* how in 1128 H. (March, 1716) Mir Jumlah 
was exiled first to Sihrind and then to Labor. He had never abandoned 
hope of a return to Court, but Farrukhsiyar was too frightened of the 
Sayyads to accord his consent. At length, the Emperor, having screwed 
up his courage to the sticking place, recalled Mir Jumlah. As soon as 
Qutb-ul-mulk learnt this, he sent to ask Farrukhsiyar why, if there was 
no quarrel left between them, he should have sent for Mir Jumlah. 
Frightened at this remonstrance, Farrukhsiyar cancelled his first order. 
But Mir Jumlah, directly he had received the farman , had started on 
his return, and paying no attention whatever to the second order, hur¬ 
ried on by forced marches. Knowing what anger would be aroused in 
Qutb-ul-mulk’s breast by Mir Jumlah’s arrival, Farrukhsiyar despatch¬ 
ed Shahbaz Khan, Qul , 8 to turn him back wherever he might be found. 
Even this measure was powerless to arrest his course. However, as Mir 
Jumlah perceived that, out of fear ok the Wazir, Farrukhsiyar would 
decline to see him, he decided to give himself out as an adherent of the 
Sayyads. Accordingly he went straight to Qutb-ul-mulk’s house, 5th 
Zu,l Qa‘dah (29th September, 1718). Farrukhsiyar, overpowered by 
anger, took away Mir Jumlah’s rank and gave orders to resume the 
mansion, known as Asad Khan’s, which had been granted him, and 
conferred it upon Samsam-ud-daulah. Energetic men were sent with 
orders to remove him from the house of Qutb-ul-mulk to that of the late 
Fidae Khan. Qutb-ul mulk was much enraged at this action, and the 
ill-will which had been hidden under a pretended reconciliation, was 
now again shown openly. The Wazir wrote (5th Zu,l Qa’dah, 29th 
1 Slaiu Das 18b, (copy of Farman ), Mirza Muhammad, 401. 
* Section 22. 
s Qul , Turkish for slave. 
