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own nse. Although the victory was a cause of rejoicing, the though* 
of exclusion from his share of the booty depressed the ivazirs mind. 
An immediate advance was resolved upon. On the 29th Ramazan 
(14th August, 1719) the camp was at Sarsi, and on the 11th Shawwal 
(26th August, 1719) at 01, where Ajit Singh rejoined from Alathura. 
On the 17th of that month they reached the village of Bidyapur, not 
far from Fathpur Sikri. 1 
On the 19th Shawwal (4th September, 1719)a report was received 
that Husain ‘All Khan was near Kuraoli on his way from Agrah with 
Hekusiyar and the other captives. Next day he arrived, and one day 
after his arrival he was presented in audience. The quarrel which had 
broken out between the brothers over the booty taken at A grab, was 
here made up through the exertions of Rajah Ratn Cand. ‘Abdullah 
Khan received twenty-one, or, as some say, 2 twenty-eight lakhs of 
rupees, a snm which was supposed to represent his half-share, after all 
the expenses of the campaign had been deducted. The sword of 
Jahangir and the shawl of Hur Jahan were retained by the Emperor, 
but the rest of the booty was granted to the two brothers. 3 
Section 9.—Illness and Death of RafI‘-ud-daulah. 
Rafi‘-ud-daulah turned out to be as sickly and weakly as his 
brother and predecessor, being like him given to excess in the use of 
opium. On ascending the throne he gave up the habit, but the sudden 
abstinence produced diarrhoea. About the time that he started from 
Dihll he fell seriously ill. Accusations of poison are freely made by 
some writers, notably by Kamwar Khan : but this man’s views on the 
subject can be readily accounted for. He had risen in the service of 
Rafl‘-ush-shan, the father of this and the previous emperor, and natur¬ 
ally he expected much personal benefit from their coming to the 
throne. In this he was entirely disappointed. From fear of the 
Sayyads, the two princes had discouraged the applications of their own 
dependants, such as Kamwar Khan, and by reason of their shortlived 
tenure of the throne such hopes of preferment were dashed to the 
1 Kamwar Khan, 208. Sarsi I cannot trace ; 01 is on the Indian Atlas, sheet 
60, as Ou, about 27 m. N.W. of Agrah and about 15 m. S.W. of Mathura. Bidya¬ 
pur is not traceable on the Indian Atlas map ; it was the birth-place of Khizr Khan, 
Pannl, the hero of the S iwanih - i - Khizr i so often quoted. Through the kindness of 
Mr. H. W. W. Reynolds, C.S., Commissioner of Agrah, I learn that it is opposite 
mile-stone No. 17 on the metalled road from Agrah to Fathpur Sikri. For Kuraoli 
see ante ; it is about 15 miles W. of Agrah. 
2 The TartIdi - i-mumffari has 30 lakhs of rupees. 
S Khiifi Khan, II, 837, Siwdnih-i-Khizrt, p. 4. 
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