344 W. Irvine —The Later Mugkals. [No. 4, 
in the direction of their assailants, and more than once the cannon over 
the Dihli gate were discharged against the men debouching from the 
Faiz Bazar; while Sayyad Dilawar ‘All Khan, the Sayyads’ Bakhshi 
held the Dihli gate. 1 The fight went on for forty minutes. Sadat 
Khan had pushed on as far as the Cabiitrah or Police Office in the 
Candni Cauk, where he received gunshot and sword wounds which forced 
him to retire. 3 His son, a youth, was made a prisoner and taken to 
Husain ‘All Khan. Grhazl-ud-dln Khan (Ahmad Beg) fought his best, 
but he had no disciplined troops, and the few followers that he led, 
after interchanging a blow or two with the other side, took to their 
heels. He, too, not being reinforced by other nobles, was forced in the 
end to beat a retreat to his house, fighting as he went. 
About midday the news spread that Farrukhslyar was a prisoner, 
and that another prince had been raised to the throne. Then the drums 
beat within the palace to announce the new reign. In spite of this, the 
opposing nobles stood their ground and resisted until the afternoon. 
When at last they saw that there was no further hope of success, and 
as the saying is, “to beat cold iron is profitless,” they dispersed full of 
apprehension to their homes. The disturbance now ceased. Prom 
the square (cauk) of Sa‘dul!ah Khan to the Dihli gate the houses were 
plundered ; while the imperial stables which surrounded the palace 
were set on fire, and some of the horses were burned. With these 
exceptions the city did not suffer. 8 
Section 39.— Farruketsiyar is Made a Prisoner and Deposed. 
From early dawn on the 9th Rabi‘ II, (28th February, 1719) 
Qutb-ul-mulk continued to send messengers to persuade Farrukhslyar 
to come out and take his seat on the throne as usual. Farrukhslyar 
refused absolutely to set foot outside the female apartments. Indeed, 
he made use of some very florid language. He swore that, by the blood 
of Taimur, the world-conqueror, which flowed in his veins, he would so 
scourge these rebels, that for years to come their fate should be a tale 
on the people’s tongue, and a warning to traitors intending to follow 
their example. Qutb-ul-mulk knew not what further pretext to devise 
to win his consent to reappear, in order that directions might issue for 
1 For Faiz Bazar, Dihli gate of fort, Cauk Sa'dullah Khan, see Carr Stephens, 
£44, 245 246, 247. Sa'dullah Khan, Wazlr of Shahjahan, died 2nd Jamadi II, 1066, 
H. (17th April, 1656), M-ul-U, II, 448. 
2 Sadat Khan died the same night of these wounds. 
3 Mirza Mohammad 455 ; KhafI Khan, II, 809, 812, 813 ; Ahiudl-i-Jchawdqm, 144b, 
145a; Muhammad Qasim, 245; Kamwar Khan, 194; Kam Raj, 66b, 67a; Shiu 
Das, 26a. 
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