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identification, and the blackness of the face showed that Farrukhsiyar 
had been strangled ; there were also several cuts and wounds to be seen. 
The body was then prepared for the grave and the bier brought out, 
Dilawar ‘All Khan, paymaster of Husain £ Ali Khan’s household, and 
Sayyad ‘All Khan, brother of ‘Abdullah Khan’s paymaster, w T ere sent to 
carry out the burial rites. They were followed by all the eunuchs, some 
of the mansabddrs, and a part of the state equipage. When the body 
was brought to the Akbarabadi mosque, 1 it was received by 15,000 
to 20,000 men from the camp and bazars. After recital of the prayers 
over the dead, ‘Abdul Grhafur lifted the corpse and carried it out, to the 
accompaniment of weeping and wailing from the crowd. As the procession 
passed,lamentations arose from every roof and door. Men and women,old 
and yong, rich and poor, shed tears for the departed emperor and cursed 
his oppressors. The streets and lanes were rendered impassable by the 
crowds. The rabble and the mendicants, who had received alms from 
Farrukhsiyar. followed his bier, rending their garments and throwing 
ashes on their heads, and as it passed, the women on the roofs raised 
their cry of mourning, and flung stones and bricks upon the servants 
and officers of the Sayyads. The body was deposited in the crypt of 
Humayun’s tomb, in the place where a few years before the body of 
Farrukhslyar’s father, ‘Azim-ush-shan, had rested before its departure 
for Aurangabad. The bread and the copper coins, brought for distribu¬ 
tion to the poor, were rejected by the crowd with scorn; and on the third 
day, the rabble and professional beggars assembled on the platform 
where the body had been washed, and there cooked and distributed a 
large quantity of food, and until day dawned sang funeral laments. 2 3 
For many a day, no beggar deigned to appeal for charity to any 
passing noble who had been concerned in Farrukhsiyar’s death. Zafar 
Khan’s liberal gifts of bread and sweetmeats were far famed; but these, 
too, were refused. The beggars said that in their mouths was still the 
K flavour of the kindnesses bestowed by the martyred Emperor, adding, 
“ May he be poisoned who takes a morsel bearing upon it the mark of 
those men.” They made collections from artisans and shopkeepers, and 
distributed alms of food every Thursday at Humayun’s tomb. If any 
great noble passed along the roads or through the bazars, they pursued 
him with shouts and harsh reproaches. Especially was this the case 
with regard to Maharajah Ajit Singh and his followers, so that they 
were forced to reach darbdr by the most out-of-the-way routes. The 
1 It stands in the Faiz bazar, that is, on the road from the Dihll gate of th 
fort to the South or Dihll gate of the city. 
3 Khafi Khan. II,, 820; Kamwar Khan. 200; Muliammad Qasim, 260. 
