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mosque in the new Emperor’s presence on the 26th of the same month 
(13th June, 1719). 1 2 
Section 2.—Rising of Shaistah Khan at DihlI. 
Shaistah Khan, maternal uncle of the late Emperor, 8 Farrukhsiyar, 
was naturally discontented with the new regime, and at the instigation 
of Rajah Jai Singh, began to collect soldiers, with the intention of 
escaping from Dihll and joining the Rajah, then on his march to the 
assistance of Nekusiyar. Meanwhile he kept the Rajah well informed 
of all that was going on at Dihli. Khan Dauran, (Khwajah A‘sim) 
and other great men attempted to dissuade Shaistah Khan from this 
dangerous course. He paid no heed to them and continued his prepara¬ 
tions. Then by accident a letter addressed by him to Rajah Jai Singh 
fell into the hands of Husain ‘All Khan. By this time the malcontent 
was reported to have collected seven or eight thousand men. 3 
On the 23rd Rajab 1131 H. (10th June, 1719), Zafar Khan and 
Nahar Khan. Hansawl 4 * * * were sent against Shaistah Khan with a strong 
force. They stormed his mansion and, taking him a prisoner, conveyed 
him to Husain ‘All Khan then at Barahpulah, where he had been en¬ 
camped since the 7th Rajab, (25th May, 1719). Shaistah Khan’s pro¬ 
perty in cash and goods, his horses and his elephants, his cows and his 
asses, were given up to plunder. This incident aroused suspicions in 
the Sayyads’ hearts with regard to many other of the nobles. But at 
1 Kamwar Khan, 203. Khafi Khan, IT, 831, fixes the 20th Rajab for the acces¬ 
sion, perhaps to suit his chronogram : Shambah bisbam-i-mah-i-Rajab bud , (1131 H.). 
Nor was it possible for the 20th to have fallen on a Saturday ; it was either a 
Wednesday or a Thursday. The author of the Risdlah-i-Miihammad Shah, B. M. 
Or. Ms. No, 180, fol. 75, says he composed two tdrikh for the accession. The first is 
the same as that claimed by Khafi Khan as his own. 
The other is :— 
Pde l adu afgand Shdh RafV-ul-qadr, RafV-ud-daulah. 
This is, he tells us, a ta‘a?nah , giving 6 in excess, but if the foot (pde) of 
( adu, i.e., the letter “waw” ( = 6) is thrown out ( afgand ) we get the exact date. 
But on adding up the figures, I make them come to 1431 instead of 1131. The 
Khizrabad referred to is about five miles south of the new city or Shahjahanabftd, 
and near the Jamnah river. 
2 Khwajah Hnayatullah, Kashmiri, entitled Shaistah Khan, died early in Rajab 
1141 H. (January, February, 1729,) at Shahjahanabad, TariMt-i-Ml^di. 
8 Kh,afi Khan, II, 831, Kamwar Khan, 204, and Siwdnih-i-Khizrl. 
4 That is “ native of Hansi. ” He was either a Ranghar (a Mahomedan Rajput) 
or a Khanzadah. Possibly he is identical with the Nahar Khan, Shekhzadah, of 
Hansi, mentioned as faujddr of Dholkah in Gujarat, see Kamwar Khan, p. 200, 
entry of 24th Jamadi I, 1131 H. Kam Raj, ‘ Ibratndmah, 69a, says S. Dilawar ‘A1 
Khan, Bakhshi of the loazir, was also sent against Shaistah Khan. 
