Tarikh-i Hindi 19: Twenty-third Year of the Reign.

19

Zahiru-d daula 'Azimu-llah Khan, being appointed to the governorship of Malwa, went to the territory of Bhadawar, and having taken five lacs of rupees as a contribution from Raj Singh, son of Rája Anrat Singh, raised him to the masnad of that principality. He then proceeded to Datia, where he came to an understanding with its chief, and took seven lacs of rupees from him in return for the renewal of his Jágírs. From that he went to Úrchha, and spent some days in fighting and squabbling with the Rája. As he acted contrary to the rule of the former governors, who, after securing the satisfaction and alliances of all the Rajas who were the servants of the Emperor, applied themselves to the government of the province, he could not even enter the territory to which he was appointed, through fear of the enemy. He passed some time in quarrelling with these Rajas, and then returned.
Mírza Mannu, son of I'timádu-d daula Kamru-d dín Khán, was appointed to the governorship of Ajmír, and he went to that place with two thousand horse. Although the Rajas had acquired great ascendency in that part of the country, so that in the city of Ajmír, where the sepulchre of the Great Khwája stands, the slaughtering of cows and other practices of Islám were prohibited, yet he stayed there only for one day, and, according to the orders of his father, who had instructed him to act in subordination to Rája Jai Singh, he leased the governorship of the province to him, and returned to Dehli.
When Nizámu-l Mulk Ásaf Jáh was informed that his son Násir Jang had by his firmness obtained great advantages and victories over the enemy, who fled from before his name like a crow before a bow; that Islám had obtained a new lustre; that the allowances of the many officers and soldiers under him were fixed according to each man's worth; and that he had introduced peace and tranquillity among his subjects, — the fire of ambition and of a desire to assist the wretched enemy, which he had always felt, was rekindled in him. Having obtained leave from the Emperor, he marched with great haste towards the Dakhin, and arrived in a very short space of time at the banks of the Nerbadda. As he had but a very little force with him, he received a reinforcement of one thousand horse from Yár Muhammad Khán, who ruled over the greater part of the province of Málwá. Having crossed the river, he stopped for some time in the city of Burhánpúr, where a dispute arose between the father and son. At last, the latter, who, independent of being sensible and learned, was very dutiful, and a much better man than his father and ancestors, notwithstanding that he had possessed so much influence and power, voluntarily, out of respect to the rights of his father, resigned all concern in the affairs of government, and sat at the gate of the sacred shrine of saint Zainu-l Mulk, where also the remains of Sháh 'Alamgír (Aurangzeb) are interred. As he was a very wise man, had been disgusted with worldly pursuits, and had much regard for works of religion, he withdrew his hand from the pollutions of this world, and attended to the excellences of the next.
Nizámu-l Mulk, who had become old, was so much entangled in the allurements of this unprofitable world, that, although from the time of 'Alamgír to the present he had seen how faithless it had proved to a great number of its followers, yet, through his avarice and ambition, he discouraged his excellent son, and still seeks to injure him, notwithstanding that he must well know the world to be nothing and its votaries nothing.