Muntakhab al-lubab 129: Prince A'zam Shah.

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[vol. ii. p. 571.] On the 10th Zi-l hijja A'zam Shah, having ascended the throne, made his accession public in the Dakhin by coins struck in the name of A'zam Shah. Having gratified the old nobles of the State with robes and jewels, augmentations of mansabs and promises, he set off, about the middle of Zi-l hijja, to encounter Shah 'Alam, accompanied by Jamdatu-l Mulk Amiru-l umara Asad Khan, Zu-l fikar Khan Bahadur Nusrat Jang and [many other nobles]. He marched to Khujista-bunyad (Aurangabad), * * and from thence arrived at Burhanpur. After leaving that place, he was abandoned by Muhammad Amin Khan, and Chin Kalich Khan, who had received the title of Khan-dauran. They were offended by the treatment they received from A'zam Shah, and went off to Aurangabad, where they took possession of several districts.