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reject his seventh coin from Maha Iudarpnr (i.e., Bhartpur, see id. p. 
264), as I believe it belongs to the other Shahjahan of 1174 H. (also 
commonly called “ Saul,” or the second). In 1131 H. Bhartpnr had not 
become the chief place of the Jats, nor was it then more than an 
obscure village, whereas in 1174 H. it was the capital of one of the 
chief partizans of the minister, ‘Imad-ul-mulk, who in 117311. (Decem¬ 
ber, 1759) had placed this third Shahjahan upon the throne after the 
assassination of ‘Alamgir II. 
Family .—We do not know if Rafl'-ud-daulali was married, or if he 
was, who his wife was ; nor do we hear of his having left any children. 
On the 13th Zu,l Qa‘dah (21st September, 1719) his bier was sent to 
Dihli, and he w r as buried beside his brother near the shrine of Qutb- 
ud-din. 
Chapter VII. 
Muhammad Shah (1719-1748). 
During the few days which elapsed between the death of 
RafT-ud-daulah and the arrival of his successor, the Wazir and his 
brother made their usual daily visit to the imperial quarters and 
returned with robes of honour, as if newly conferred on them, thus de¬ 
ceiving the common people into the belief that the emperor was still 
alive. 1 
At length on the 11th Zu‘l Qa‘dah 1131 H. (24th September, 
1719), Grhulam ‘All Khan arrived in the camp at Bidyapur, a village 
three kos to the north of Fathpur Sikri. He brought with him Prince 
Roshan Akhtar, the son of the late Khujistah Akhtar, Jahan Shah, 
fourth son of the Emperor Bahadur Shah. 2 The death of Rafi‘-ud- 
daulah was now (26th September, 1719) made public, his bier brought 
out, and his body despatched for burial to Dihli. Arrangements were 
at once made for the enthronement of his successor. 3 
This enthronement took place at Bidyapur 4 on the 15th Zu,l Qa‘dah 
1131H. (28thSeptember, 1719)and Roshan Akhtar was proclaimed under 
1 Shiu Das, 32 b. A newly-conferred IchilaH was worn for twenty-four hours, 
and nothing was allowed to be put on over it. 
2 Rustam ‘All, Tdrikh-i-hindi, fol. 237a, says the prince was brought from Dihli 
in three days, travelling in a boat down the Jamnah. 
3 Kamwar Khan, 211; Kh afi Khan, II, 840. 
4 From the tahsildar’s report kindly obtained for me by Mr. Reynolds, as 
already stated, I find that there is a place Tajpur, four miles west of Bidyapur. 
From the name, and the fact that the village is a perpetual mu'dfi, I infer that 
Tajpur may be the actual place of enthronement. 
