Muntakhab al-lubab 177.2
Muntakhabu-l Lubáb, of Kháfí Khán (Elliot & Dowson, extracts) 177.2
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177.2
Rajadhiraj (Jai Singh), who raised his voice in favour of unanimous action and the punishment of the rebels, met with no success. The devoted nobles, of the stocks of 'Arab and of 'Ajam, felt that they had no power of themselves to beat the drums of war and bloodshed, and this was particularly the case with the Mughals, who knew all about the matter. No one had the force to speak a friendly word to him whose head was muffled. At the sight of this change of fortune, of the progress of the rebellion of the two ministers, and of the supineness and want of perception in the Emperor, men lost all heart, and many, taking their cue from him, went to wait upon Saiyid Husain 'Ali.