Muntakhab al-lubab 135: Ajit Singh and other Rajputs.

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[Text, vol. ii. p. 605.] Towards the end of the year 1119 the Emperor marched from Agra, with the intention of chastising the Rajputs in the vicinity of Udipur and Jodpur. From the reports of the news-writers of the province of Ajmir, and the parganas around Jodpur, the following matters became known to His Majesty. Raja Ajit Singh, who was called the son of Raja Jaswant, had been brought up by the wiles of Durga Das, and other evil-disposed infidels, as the son of the deceased Raja. He had cast off his allegiance to the late Emperor, and done many improper things. After the death of Aurangzeb he again showed his disobedience and rebellion by oppressing Musulmans, forbidding the killing of cows, preventing the summons to prayer, razing the mosques which had been built after the destruction of the idol-temples in the late reign, and repairing and building anew idol-temples. He warmly supported and assisted the army of the R&na of Udipdr, and was closely allied with Raja Jai Singh, whose son-in-law he was. He had carried his disaffection so far that he had not attended at Court since the accession. On the 8th Sha'ban the Emperor marched to punish this rebel and his tribe, by way of Amber, the native land of Jai Singh, between Ajmir and Chitor. * *
Ajit Singh and his allied Rajas knew that submission and obedience alone could save them and their families and property; so he addressed himself to Khan-i-khanan and his son Khan-zaman, expressing his sorrow, humility, and obedience; and he sent a message humbly asking that Khan-zaman and the Kaziur-l Kuzat might come into Jodpur, to rebuild the mosques, destroy the idol-temples, enforce the provisions of the law about the summons to prayer and the killing of cows, to appoint magistrates and to commission officers to collect the jizya. His submission was graciously accepted, and his requests granted. Officers of justice, kazis, muftis, imams, and muazzins (criers to prayer) were appointed in Jodpur and other towns in the country. Ajit Singh and Jai Singh, with the concurrence of Durga Das, who was the very soul of the opposition, came to Court in hope of receiving pardon for their offences, and each was honoured with the gift of a robe, elephant, etc.