Muntakhab al-lubab 188.12

188.12

Saiyid 'Abdu-llah sent Shuja'at 'Ali Khan and Murtaza Khan to the capital, and he also wrote to Najmu-d din 'Ali Khan, Subadar of Dehli, for the purpose of raising soldiers. On the 8th Zi-l hijja the news reached Najmu-d din. But before the news became public, he first put forth a statement the opposite of the information he had received, and sent a body of men, horse and foot, under the Kotwal, to the house of I'timadu-d daula, and the work of investing it went on for a watch or two of the night. The people in the house, who had received news beforehand, threw up defences and showed themselves resolved to defend it. The news spread and became the common talk in every street and market.