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After a few days the Emperor went out again on a hunting expedi¬ 
tion, accompanied by many officers and state officials : and, as usual, the 
rumour spread that on this occasion, when Qutb-ul-mulk appeared to 
make his obeisance, hands would be laid upon him. Qutb-ul-mulk, re¬ 
ceiving a hint from Samsamrud-daulali, came surrounded by men ; when 
he dismounted at the entrance, five hundred fully-armed soldiers dis¬ 
mounted with him. In spite of all that the chamberlain (Mir TozaJc) 
and attendants ( yasawal ) could say, the whole of these men followed 
into the audience tent. Farrukhslvar was greatly perturbed at the 
sight, and it was with much constraint that he was able to utter a few 
words of compliment before he dismissed the visitor. Further attempts 
to heal the breach were made. On the 20th Zu,l Qa’dah (14th Octo¬ 
ber, 1718) Zafar Khan, the fourth Bakhshi, took Ftiqad Khan to Qutb- 
ul-mulk’s house, when the favourite and the wazir interchanged pre¬ 
sents, and three days afterwards, Samsam-ud-daulah visited I’tiqad 
Khan. About this time Farrukhslvar, always of a suspicious nature, 
came to the conclusion that his foster-mother, who held an honoured 
position in the harem, and Ftimad Khan, a eunuch, had betrayed his 
secret projects to the Sayyads. 1 
Section 30.— Mir Jumlah Pardoned. 
After waiting for more than a month, Mir Jumlah was at last 
admitted to audience on the 7tli Zu,l Hijjah (31st October, 1718) 
under the auspices of Nizam-ul-mulk. He received the addition of 
“ Tarkhan ” to his former titles. 2 Three days afterwards, it being the 
day of the ‘Id, the Emperor proceeded to the ‘Idgah for the usual ob¬ 
servances, but by his express order Qutb-ul-mulk did not attend. The 
reason for this prohibition was that Farrukhslvar recollected and resen¬ 
ted the failure of his plans on the day of the former ‘Id at the end of 
Ramazan. On the 12th (5th November, 1718) Ftiqad Khan paid Mir 
Jumlah a visit at his house, and the next day, by the Emperor’s order, 
he invited Mir Jumlah to a banquet in return. All this intercourse 
was encouraged by Farrukhslvar in the hope that the chief nobles 
would join with him heart and soul in the destruction of Qutb-ul-mulk. 
But all was without avail. The bringing forward of Ftiqad Khan had 
1 This gives Kamwar Khan, 183, an opening for quoting the saying, “one 
spot (or dot) turns “ mahram,” (a confidant) into “ mujrim” (a crimi¬ 
nal)” : 
Mahram ba yah nuhtah mujrim shavvad . 
2 For the meaning and attributes of this distinction, see Blochmann, ‘Ain, I., 
364, and Tdrikh-i-yaashidi, Ross and Elias, p. 55, note. 
