[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Mughals (1526–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal) › [Later Mughals (1707–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later) › [Muntakhab al-lubāb](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab) › [Muntakhabu-l Lubab, of Khafi Khan (Elliot & Dowson, extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot) › 178.5 # Muntakhab al-lubab 178.5 Muntakhabu-l Lubáb, of Kháfí Khán (Elliot & Dowson, extracts) 178.5 - **Language:** English ### [178.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.178.5) The brotherly love which had existed between the two brothers now turned to hatred and to jealousy of each other's power. Although the reins of power in civil matters pertaining to the office of wazir were in the hands of the elder brother, the younger, Amiru-l umara Husain 'Ali, was a brave, experienced, generous and proud man, whose equal it was hard to find. He had drawn to himself, by his kindness and generosity, most of the brave and able nobles, and he was getting into his hands a control over all the government of the country. So it was said that there were contentions between the brothers. \* \* On the 9th Jumada-l akhir, 1131, the soldiers at Agra brought out of confinement in the fort, and raised to the sovereignty, a person named Neku Siyar, a son of Prince Muhammad Akbar, and grandson of Aurangzeb. His accession was announced by peals of cannon, and coins of gold and silver were struck in his name. - [Previous: 178.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.178.4) - [Next: 178.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.178.6) - [Up: 178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.178) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.178.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.muntakhab-al-lubab~en-elliot.178.5) · Pramāṇa