Tarikh-i Hindi 2: Fifth Year of the Reign.

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At the end of this year, Sharfu-d daula Iradatmand Khan, with a body of nobles, was sent against Raja Ajit Singh, who, having broken out into open mutiny, and taken possession of Ajmir and Sambhar, had reached as far as Narnaul. He was accompanied by Raja Jai Singh Sawai, Muhammad Khan Bangash, and Gopal Singh, Raja of Bhadawar, at the head of an army of about one hundred thousand horse and more than two hundred elephants. Raja Ajit Singh, on hearing the news, lost all courage, fled from Narnaul, and took refuge in the fort of Garh-patti. Here he held out for some time, and at last, mounting a camel, went off to Jodhpur. He then sued for peace, and made over his son, Dhankal Singh, to the nobles to carry to Court. In the mean time, Ajit Singh was slain by his younger son, Bakht Singh, and Dhankal Singh, upon reaching the Court, obtained the investiture of the chiefship. He returned to his country, and became its ruler. His brother, Bakht Singh, besieged the fort of Nagor, and having driven out the Raja of that place, became himself master of it. In the same year Raja Jai Singh founded a magnificent new city between the towns of Amber and Sanganir, and called it Jaipur, after the name of Sawai Jai Singh.