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out Nekusiyar and his other nephew, Baba Mughal. 1 At the gate of 
the fort the two princes were placed on elephants and escorted to the 
camp. A great crowd had assembled to see them, through which they 
passed with hanging heads, looking neither to [the right nor to the left. 
As they dismounted, Husain ‘All Khan advanced to greet them and 
conducted them to the tent already allotted to Mirza Asghari. There 
they were made to sit on one carpet of honour ( masnad ), while the 
Bakhsbi stood before them humbly, with folded hands. But Xekusiyar, 
whose life had been passed in the harem, rose at once, and in the dialect 
used by women began to beg and pray for his life, accompanying his 
words by prostrations utterly opposed to usage. Anxious to maintain 
the usual decorum, the nawab took his hand, and remonstrating, 
said, “ Let your mind be at rest, and count this place as your own. 
Until this time you were in the hands of infidels.” Nekusiyar 
uttered bitter complaints against those who had made use of him for 
their own purposes ; and asked that some eunuch might be sent at once 
to allay the terror of his mother and the other women, by informing 
them of the kind reception he and his nephews had received. They 
were then furnished with carpets, pillows and other necessaries. 2 
Before the imperial soldiers could seize him, Mitr Sen had made an 
end of himself by plunging a dagger into his own breast. While still 
a little breath was left in the body, the soldiers, to prove their zeal, 
lifted it up and carried it into the presence of Husain 'All Khan. He 
ordered them to sever the head from the body and send it to Qutb-ul- 
raulk. For three days the drums were beaten in honour of the victory, 
and in the end Nekusiyar was sent to Dihli to be placed with the other 
captive princes in SaUmgarh : he died there on the 6th Rajab 1135 H. 
(11th March, 1723) and was buried at the Qutb. s 
The next pressing work was to obtain possession of the hoards of 
treasure and other property. Husain ‘All Khan in person proceeded to 
the fort, where he placed Haidar Quli Khan in general charge, and 
(xhairat Khan was told off to search for treasure. Trusty men were 
placed as sentries at the gates and no one, whether belonging to the 
army or not, was allowed to pass without being strictly searched. An¬ 
cient treasurers and guards of ‘Alamgir’s time, who had long left the ser¬ 
vice, were summoned from their homes. By much urging and the offer 
1 Baba Mughal is, I suppose, the same as the prince called Fath-ul-mnbin by 
Kam Raj, ‘ Ibratndmah , fol. 696. 
2 Kamwar Khan, 208, Shiu jDas 306, Khafi Khan, II, 836, Muhammad Qasim, 
Lahorl, 289. 
3 Burhdn-us-safd , 1676, Kamwar Khan, 208, Khafi Khan, II, 837, Tdfikh-i - 
Mhdi } year 1135, Siwanih-i » Khizri, p. 3. 
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