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B.—Length of the reign . 
Farrukhsiyar proclaimed himself emperor at Patnah on tlie 29th. 
Safar 1124 H. (6th March, 1712), soon after he had heard of his father’s, 
‘Azim-nsh-shan’s, defeat and death at Lahor. The first day of the reign, 
according to the official calculation, was fixed from this coronation at 
Patnah, and Jahandar Shah’s reign was treated as never having existed. 
The victory over Jahandar Shah took place near Agrah on the 13th 
£/u,l Hijjah 1124 H. (10th December, 1712.) Counting from the first of 
these dates, the reign up to the 8th ftabi ‘ II, 1131 H., lasted 7 (lunar) 
years, 1 month, and 9 days ; or from the latter date (13th Zu,l Hijjah), 
to the same day, 6 (lunar) years, 3 months, and 25 days. 1 
0 .—Style and title in life , and after death . 
His titles are nowhere given with completeness. -He is called 
either Abu,l Muzaffar Mu‘m-ud-din, Mhd Farrukhsiyar, Badshah, 2 or 
simply Mu‘in-ud-din Muhammad Farrukhsiyar, Badshah 3 ; some writers 
style him Jalal-ud-din, Muhammad Farrukhsiyar. Badshah. 4 After his 
death he is referred to as the Shahid-i-marhum , “ the Martyr received 
into mercy,” although 1 know of no formal statement that this descrip¬ 
tion had been officially assigned to him. As other sovereigns have 
claimed to be above grammar, so Farrukhsiyar asserted a similar right 
over the calendar by changing the name of Wednesday from Fourth 
Day ( chahar shambah) to Auspicious Day ( Humdyun shambah , and 
that of Thursday from Fifth day to Fortunate Day ( mubarih shambah ). 
From the date of the victory over Jahandar Shah, these days are so 
referred to in Ijad’s history of the reign. 6 
Tear . 
Month. 
Day. 
Tarikh-i-Muzaffarz, fol. 150 
• • • 
• • • 
1095 
6 
3 
Mira t-i- dfta b - numd 
• • • 
1095 
6 
18 
Jam-i-jam 
• • • 
• M 
1095 
7 
18 
Ijad, fol. 14a 
• • • 
• • t 
1096 
8 
19 
B. M. Addl. 16, 713 
• • • 
• • • 
1098 
8 
18 
B. M. Addl. 1690, fol. 163a (1125-26) 
• • • 
1098 
Blochmann, ‘A’in, table 
• • • 
# • • 
1098 
1 Kamwar Khan, f. 137, 
entry 
of 9th 
Jatnadi, II, 
1125 H., Khushhal Cand, 
397a, Khafi Khan, II, 737. 
Khafi 
Khan’s 
year (1123) 
is wrong — it 
should be 
1124. 
S TdrzJdk-i-Mhdz. 
8 Warid 148a, Beale’s Miftah , 300. 
4 Tart Jch-i-Muzaffart, page 130, Jdm-i-jam, 
8 Ijad, fo. 106a, 107b, Kamwar Khan, P* 137. 
