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as he had demanded, the interior of the palace were made over to their 
guards, all the Emperor’s servants turned out, and the keys of all the 
gates handed to tlieir men, he would, in the presence of His Majesty 
say and do what was requisite. In Amin-ud-din’s opinion things 
looked very black, even Ikhlas Khan threw the blame of his ill-success 
on Farrukhsiyar’s inconsistent conduct; “ or rather what fault did your 
Majesty commit; Fate had willed that it should be so.” Amln-ud- 
din winds up by offering a choice of two courses. First, Ftiqad Khan 
having been sent a prisoner to the Kotwali or city police office, Samsam- 
ud-daulah, Ghalib Jang, Mir Mushrif, and others should be called out 
to defend their sovereign ; neither the guards of the palace should be 
withdrawn nor the keys of the gates made over ; and His Majesty 
should issue forth and take the command in person. The other sugges¬ 
tion was that Farrukhslvar should mount his horse and ride out alone, 
and presenting himself as a supplicant, ask for forgiveness : whatever 
sacrifice was demanded must be made. Even thus it was doubtful if 
Husain ‘All Khan would be appeased. 1 
Section 35.— Husain ‘Ali Khan Marches to Wazirabad. 
On the 27th Rabi‘ I., 1131 H. (16th Feb. 1719) Husain ‘All Khan a 
the head of his army, estimated to include 30,000 horsemen, marched to 
WazIrabad, one of the imperial hunting preserves about four miles north 
of the city, on the Jamnah bank. 2 As they passed, his troops plunder¬ 
ed the shops and trod down, in the most merciless manner, the stand¬ 
ing crops in the fields outside the city. By this time he had often been 
heard to say, that as he no longer considered himself to be in the im¬ 
perial service, why should he respect the rules of etiquette; the sove¬ 
reign’s anger, or the loss of rank having no terrors left for him. Dis¬ 
regarding the rules forbidding the playing of the naubat within one 
mile of the capital, he marched in with sovereign state, kettle-drums 
beating and clarions sounding. His fear fell on the hearts of all men, 
great and small. Farrukhslyar was so overwhelmed with apprehen¬ 
sion that he took no notice of this transgression; and persisting in his 
the Dihli gate of Shahjahanabad, see map in Carr Stephens, p. 1, and description on 
p. 166. 
1 Mirza Muhammad, 417; Kamwar Khan, 189, 193 ; Khafi IQian, II, 804 ; Das ■ 
ttir-ul-insha 57. 
2 Khafi Kh an II, 804, names Sarae Badll, which is a place about 3 miles due 
west of Wazirabad. Muhammad Qasim, 230, says the camp was close to the pillar 
of Firuz Shah, and near Qutb-ul-mulk’s mansion. This must mean the second pillar 
north of the city, see ante, Section 32. In the ‘ Ibrat-namah of Kam Raj, 65, the 
place is described as Lat Firuz Shih, “near the camp of Ajit Singh.” 
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