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their highnesses the Begums, and, secondly, the families of the servants of the household into the delightsome and extensive lands of India, so that men might become settled and be restrained in some measure from departing to a country to which they were accustomed. Accordingly, Muhammad Qulī Khān Barlās, Shamsu-d-dīn Muhammad Khān Atka, M. Hasan Khān, M. Khizr Khān Hazāra, Bābūs, Khwāja Jalālu-d-dīn Mahmūd Bakhshī, and a number of others were sent with materials and with valuable presents for the purpose of performing this honourable function. On the fifth day after the accession the troops were gathered under the shadow of the victorious standards, and proceeded towards the hill skirts of the Siwāliks which is also called Himācal.