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Muntakhab al-tawarikh 78.21.2

Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 78.21.2

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78.21.2

The next day I'timad Khan, and Shah Abu Turab, and Sayyid Hamid Bokhari, and Ikhtiyar-ul-mulk the Abyssinian, and Malik-ush-Sharq, and Wajih-ul-mulk, and Ulugh Khan the Abyssinian, and Jajhar Khan the Abyssinian, and the other Amirs of Gujrat, came one and all and were granted an interview with the Emperor. And I'timad Khan brought the key of the city of Ahmadabad. The Emperor entrusted the Abyssinians to trusty officers of his own to be employed in guarding his harem. On Friday the 14th of Rajab he pitched his tents on the banks of the river of Ahmadabad, and the Khutbah was read. On the 20th of this month Sayyid Mahmud Khan Barha and Shaikh Mahmud Bokhari brought the Emperor's harem into the Imperial camp. On Monday the 2nd of Sha‘ban the Emperor set out from Ahmadabad in the direction of Cambay with the intention of repulsing Ibrahim Husain Mirza and Muhammad Husain Mirza, who had seized Bhroj and Barodah and Surat. Ikhtiyar-ul-mulk the Abyssinian, who was the leading man among the Amirs of Gujrat, seized this opportunity, and escaping from Ahmadabad, fled to Ahmadnagar. And, since it was impossible to put any confidence in I'timad Khan, the Emperor committed him to the charge of Shahbaz to the late Emperor, who had fled from the service of the present Emperor and gone over to the enemy, scattered themselves about the district and kept laying the foundation of rebellion.