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the titles of Abu,l Fath, 1 2 * Nasir-ud-din, Muhammad Shah, Badshah, 
Ghazi. He was a handsome and, at that time, fairly intelligent young 
man, and having been born at Ghazni on the 23rd Rabi ‘I 1114 H. z 
(loth August, 1702), was now in his eighteenth (lunar) year. Coin 
was issued and the Khntbah read in his name ; and it was directed that 
the commencement of the reign should be antedated, and fixed from the 
removal of Farrukhsiyar from the throne. All other arrangements 
were continued as in the last two reigns, and no new appointments 
were made. All the persons surrounding the sovereign were as before 
the nominees of the two Sayyads, and Himmat Khan continued as 
before to act as tutor and guardian. Muhammad Shah deferred to 
him in everything, and asked of him permission to attend the public 
prayers on Friday or to go out shooting. On the march men in the 
confidence of the Sayyads surrounded the young emperor and pre¬ 
vented any access to him. 8 
Section 2.— Terms Made with Jai Singh. 
It was now given out that the emperor, after worshipping at the 
tomb of Shekh Salim, Clshti, in Fathpur, would march on to Ajmer atid 
visit the shrine of MuTn-ud-din Cishti. The hidden motive was to 
overawe Rajah Jai Singh who, since the removal of Farrukhslyar, had 
been at little pains to conceal his hostile intentions. He had received 
some aid in money from the Rana of Udepur, as is shown by his letter 
to that prince’s minister, dated the 4th Bhadon Sambat 1776 (Sth 
August, 1719), wherein he asserts that Nizam-ul-mulk had started from 
Ujjain and Chabelah Ram had crossed the Jamnah at Kalpi, both of 
which statements were false. 4 5 * * When he learnt of the rising at A grab, 
he came out from his capital, Amber, with much ostentation. Follow¬ 
ing the Rajput custom when resolved on death or victory, he and his 
men had clothed themselves in saffron raiment and sprinkled their 
1 Tdrikh-i-Muzaffari, 166. But Ghulam ‘All Khan, Muqaddamah-i-Shdh ‘Alam- 
namdh, 45a, states that on the 3rd Jarnadi II, 1134 H. (20th March, 1722), the style 
was changed from “ Abn,l Fath ” to “ Abu,l Muzaffar.” 
2 The Tarikh-i- Muza ffari has the 22nd Rabi‘ I, and Kh ushhal Cand, Berlin 
Ms. 495, fol. 995a, the 24th. The latter writer gives a chronogram of six lines, of 
which the last is : 
“ Khudeo-i-gaihdn-'parwar” (1114) khudde Jcardijdd. 
5 Kamwar Khan, 213; Khhshhal Cand, Berlin Ms. No. 495, fol. 995a has, for 
date, “ middle of Zd,l Qa'dah. ” 
* He wa3 further encouraged in hi3 hostility by Tahawar Khan, TuranT, Sala- 
bat Khan, the late ilir Atash, Euhullah. Khan, and the other refugees from Dihli 
already referred to. 
