1904.] 
W. Irvine— The Later Mughals. 
339 
About midday, leaving Saif-ud-din ‘All Khan in charge of his bag¬ 
gage, Husain ‘All Khan entered the city at the head of 30,000 or 40,000 
horsemen and a well equipped artillery, bringing with him the supposed 
prince, seated on an elephant in a canopied howdah, and heralds run¬ 
ning before him proclaiming his titles. Husain ‘All Khan proceeded 
to the mansion known as the Barahdarl of the late Amlr-ul-umara, 
Shaistah Khan, 1 which had been granted to him early in Farrukhslyar’s 
reign. The Mahratta horsemen drew up at the gates of the palace and 
in the adjoining lanes of the city. Outside the palace, during the 
whole of that day, not a soul had the remotest suspicion of any hostile 
movements. The first inkling of any fresh disagreement was obtained 
between sunset and evening prayer-time. 1‘tiqad Khan was seen to 
come out of the Diwan-j-khas , his limbs trembling from fright, scram¬ 
ble into the first palanquin he could find, and make off to his" house. 
Soon afterwards, Karm Cand, an agent employed at the court, wrote 
to those outside that all the Sayyads’ demands had been complied with, 
including the degradation of 1‘tiqad Khan to the rank that he had held 
in ‘Alamglr’s reign. This news at once spread agitation and anxiety 
throughout the city. All night long Qutb-ul-mulk and Maharajah 
Ajit Singh remained in the palace, and Husain ‘All Khan in his own 
mansion. 2 
What had happened within the palace must now be told. After 
much discussion Qutb-ul-mulk, at a time between midday and afternoon 
prayer, presented himself before the Emperor. Qutb-ul-mulk at once 
repudiated Farrukhsiyar’s proferred compromise, by which 1‘tiqad Khan 
and his other friends were to act as the deputies of the Sayyads and 
their nominees. From the first, Qutb-ul-mulk had objected to the ap¬ 
pointment as Nazir of the harem of anyone not a eunuch. 1‘tlqad Khan 
was removed from that office, which was made over to a eunuch, Mal^al- 
dar Khan. Next, the wazlr expatiated on the base return given for his 
and his brother’s services, bringing up again the secret instructions to 
Daud Khan, and similar letters sent to Rajah Sahu, Mahratta, and 
others, all of which the Sayyads had in their possession. The Emperor’s 
repeated appeals: “ Why does not my brother, the Amlr-ul-umara, 
bring to me the suppositious prince,” passed entirely unheeded. In the 
course of this conversation Farrukhslyar lost his temper and was over¬ 
come with anger; both sides were thus led to the use of abusive 
1 Shaistah Khan, maternal uncle of ‘Alamglr Aurangzeb, died at Agrah in the 
middle of 1105 H. (1695), (M-til-U. II, 709 and T-i-Muhammadi.) His house stood 
on the edge of the Shdh-nahr or canal, opposite the Lahor gate of the palace, 
(Muhammad Qasim, 236). 
3 Khafi Khan, II., 807. Kam Raj, * Ibratndmah , 66a. Shift Das, 25a, 
