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of rewards they were induced to point out the underground store¬ 
houses. In one place thirty-five lakhs of tankah minted in the time of 
Sikandar Lodi (1488-1516) were recovered ; and in another seventy- 
eight lakhs of Shahjahan’s silver coinage, with ten thousand gold coins 
of Akbar’s reign. The papers of account were also recovered. These 
showed that the money had been placed by ‘Alamgir in the custody of 
Shaistah Khan, Amir-ul-umara ; but upon that emperor’s death in the 
Dakhin, no further notice had been taken of these hoards. They were 
not discovered in Bahadur Shah’s or Jahandar Shah’s time. In the 
wardroble was a shawl studded with jewels which had belonged to Nur 
Jahan Begam, a sword used by the Emperor Jahangir, and the sheet 
sprinkled with pearls which Shahjalian caused to be prepared for the 
tomb of Mumtaz Mal^al. One valuation puts the property at 1,80,00,000 
rupees (£1,800,000), 1,40,00,000 rupees in cash and the rest in goods. 
Khafi Khan puts it still higher, namely, at two to three krors of rupees 
(£2,000,000 to £3,000,000). 1 
Section 6.—The Emperor and Qutb-ul-Mulk Start prom DThli for 
Agrah. 
When news was received at Dihli that Jai Singh had so far de¬ 
clared himself as to move out from Amber in the direction of Bianah 
and Agrah, ‘Abdullah Khan decided upon taking the field with the 
emperor in person. Accordingly the advance tents were sent out to 
Masjid-i-Motli, a distance of three kos, on the 26th Sha‘ban 1131 H. 
(13th July, 1719). Sayyad Khan Jahan 3 was left in charge of the 
city and the palace. On the 28th the emperor visited the Qutb and 
next day he marched to Khizrabad. After three more marches they 
reached Sikri on the 8th Ramazan (24th July, 1719), and the rain 
being very heavy, a halt was made for two or three days. On the 19th 
Ramazan (4th August, 1719) they were between Karabkah and Kori ; 
and here Rajah Ajit Singh received permission to proceed to Mathura 
to bathe in the Granges. At the stage of Kosi, about thirty miles 
north-west of Mathura, it was decided, from reasons of prudence, not 
to march straight towards Amber, but to keep more to the left and 
make for Fathpur Sikri. One camp was at Kuraoli, eight kos from 
Agrah; thence the wazlr and his brother moved to Fathpur, eight or 
nine miles farther to the west. 8 
1 Mhd. Qasim, Lahori, 292, Shiu Das, 306, Khafi Khan, II, 837, Siwdnih-i- 
Khizri , p. 3. 
2 Khan Jahan died on the 12th Shawwal 1132 H. (16th August, 1720). 
3 Mhd. Qasim, 282, 283, Kamwar Khan, 209, Khafi Khan, II, 833, Kam Raj, 
* Ibratndmah, 70a. Masjid-i-Moth, see ante , chapt. 4, Farrukhsiyar’s reign. It 
