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siyar’s side, and though lately he had fallen out of favour, his public 
disgrace was not desired. Accordingly on the 10th Rabi‘ I. (30th 
January, 1719) he was consoled with the place of 2nd Bakhshi, from 
which Islam Khan was ejected. Samsam-ud-daulah’s duties as deputy 
of Husain ‘ Ali Khan, the first Bakhshi. were transferred to Zafar Khan, 
Turrah, w T lio was friendly with the Sayyads, and at the same time 
professed to be zealous for the Emperor. He made all the efforts he 
could to bring the parties to an agreement. For his attempts to keep 
friends with everybody he w ; as described, Khafi Khan says, as “ the 
ingredient in every dish.” 1 Sayyad Salabat Khan succeeded Zafar 
Khan as fonrth Bakhshi. 2 3 
Sarbuland Khan had lately been appointed to Kabul, but was still 
discontented. To appease him the Emperor ordered Qutb-ul-mulk to 
visit him. This visit took place on the 9th Rabi‘ I. (29th January, 
1719), Ftiqad Khan accompanying the wazlr. Sarbuland Khan on the 
13tli moved out as far as the Salt Market on his way to Kabul. Three 
days afterwards he was visited, by express orders, by Maharajah Ajit 
Singh and Maharao Bhim Singh. Then at Sarae Mihr Parwar, nine 
kos from the city, 5 he halted and awaited the course of events. 4 
Another new appointment, made on the 18th Rabi‘ I. 1131 H. (7th 
February, 1719), was that of Nizam-ul-mulk to the province of ‘Azim- 
abad-Patnah in place of Khan Zaman Khan. From the first up to this 
time Nizam-nl-mulk had never asked a favour from Qutb-ul-mulk or 
his brother, and had even refrained from visiting them. On many oc¬ 
casions, during these troubles, he had urged on Farrukhsiyar the uproot¬ 
ing of the Sayyads as the best course he could pursue. On this account 
the two brothers were far from well disposed towards him. But now 
Farrukhsiyar. in a state of mortal fright, had placed himself completely 
in the hands of the two brothers. Under these altered circumstances, it 
was to the Emperor’s interest to put an end to the quarrels and ill-feeling 
among the nobles, and lie urged Qutb-ul-mulk to take the first step in 
making friends with Nizam-ul-mulk. This reconciliation falling in 
with Qutb-ul-mulk’s own ideas, on the 18th Rabi‘ I. (7th February, 
1719) accompanied by two of his sister’s sons, Sayyad Ghairat Khan 
1 NaMucL-i-hamah ash , “ the pea in every pUt” (Khafi Khan, II., 806), a pro¬ 
verbial saying applied to a busybody, Roebuck, 419. 
8 Mirza Muhammad, 444. 
3 Sarae Mihr Parwar is not marked on the Indian Atlas; it must have been 
between Narelah and Sonpat, perhaps near Akbarpur Barotah. Miskin, B.M. 
Oriental, No. 1918, fol. 67a, mentions it as lying ten kos from Dihli. 
4 Mirza Muhammad, 415, Muhammad Qasim, Lahori, 248, 
