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of which 5,000 were duaspah, and 4 krors and 80 lakhs of clam were grant¬ 
ed to him. 1 
Several appointments were made under the renewed influence of 
Qutb-ul-mulk, On the 16th Safar 1131 H. (7th January, 1719) Sarbu- 
land Khan was appointed to Kabul, the former governor, Nasir Khan, 
having recently died at Peshawar. 2 Maharajah A jit Singh, on the 
same day, was gratified with the epithet of Rajeshar, added to his other 
titles, and the government of Ahmadabad-Gujarat was given to him, on 
the removal of Samsam-ud-daulah (Khan Dauran). At the same time 
the Emperor’s own favourites were not forgotten. On the 16th Safar 
1131 H. (7th January, 1719) the chaklah of Muradabad (part of the 
subah of Dihli) was taken from Nizam-ul-mulk and erected into a subah 
with the name of Ruknabad, and conferred on Ptiqad Khan. 5 his 
deputy being Fakhrullak Khan, his brother-in-law. Nizam-ul-mulk 
was thus entirely ousted from office, but Samsam-ud-daulah was con¬ 
soled the next day for the loss of Ahmadabad by appointment to Agrah, 
including the faujdar-ship of Mathura. 4 
Farrukhsiyar’s thoughts next turned to a reconciliation between 
Rajah Jai Singh, Sawae, and Qutb-ul-mulk. Jai Singh was displeased 
at the part which Qutb-ul-mulk had played in the matter of Curaman, 
Jat. As the Rajah had taken Farrukhslyar’s side throughout, the latter 
was very anxious to favour him, but Qutb-ul-mulk’s position having 
proved so strong, he was afraid to do anything without a reconciliation. 
Therefore, on the 18th Safar (9th January, 1719), he sent Zafar Khan 
to the Rajah’s house, and at this messenger’s suggestion the Rajah ac¬ 
companied him on a visit to Qutb-ul-mulk. The Nawab received him 
most affably, and gave him a dagger and other things by way of present. 
A return visit was paid on the 24th, followed on the 25th (15th and 
16th January, 1719) by a visit to the Rajah from Farrukhslyarhimself, 
to whom valuable offerings were made both in cash and other things. 
The Rajah had also filled a reservoir ( hauz ) with rose-water and saffron, 
had adorned the trees with imported fruit, and in all ways strove to do 
honour to the occasion. His titles were increased to Raj-indar, Rajdhiraj. 6 
Section 33.—Return op Muhammad AmIn Khan prom Malwah. 
Muhammad Amin Khan who had, as we have seen, deserted the 
1 Mirza Muhammad, 429. 
2 Nasir Khan died on the 24th Muharram 1131 H., 16fch December, 1718. 
3 Khafi Khan, II, 792, asserts that the chaklah was given in al-taghmah (liter¬ 
ally “ lied-seal ”) or perpetual grant. 
4 Mirza Muhammad, 414, 431, Kamwar Khan, 186. 
5 Kamwar Khan, 187, Mirza Muhammad, 431. 
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