Muntakhab al-lubab 171: Sixth Year of the Reign, 1129 A.H. (1717 A.D.).

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[Text, vol. ii. p. 773.] Intelligence arrived from the Dakhin which found no place in the communications sent to Court by Amiru-l umara Husain 'Ali. He was appointing his own followers to the command of the great fortresses, which appointments had always been made previously by the sovereign himself. At Court, also, Raja Ratan Chand, the diwan of Saiyid 'Abdu-llah Khan, interfered with the appointments of the revenue officers, allowing them no certainty or security in their positions. * * Every day these things became more and more annoying to the Emperor.
[Text, vol. ii. p. 775.] In consequence of the ill-temper of the Emperor, who had become more than ever a man of pleasure and retirement, Saiyid 'Abdu-llah Khan did not, for four or five months together, go to his office to perform his duties as minister and sign papers, so all business was stopped. 'Inayatu-llah Khan made a representation upon this matter, and asked that he would attend the office once or twice a week. There was a contention about this for several days, but nothing came of it.
At the instance also of 'Inayatu-llah, in this year 1131 (sic) A.H., an order was given for levying the jizya from the Hindus, which was against the wish of Ratan Chand. Hindus, eunuchs and Kashmirians, by craft, cheating, and oppression, had got possession of mansabs and the rents of jagirs, and the extent of other jagirs had in like manner been reduced. 'Inayatu-llah prayed that the accounts should be inquired into, and that the mansabs in the possession of Hindus and other oppressors should be diminished or confiscated. This proposition was very distasteful to Ratan Chand and other revenue officials. They addressed themselves to Kutbu-l Mulk Saiyid 'Abdu-llah, and he was opposed to the issue of the order. All the Hindus were greatly enraged with 'Inayatu-llah, because of the order for collecting the jizya, and of the advice about the cutting down of the mansabs.