Tadhkirah i Anand-Ram “Mukhlish” 4.2

4.2

A proclamation was issued to the army that all might depart who chose, as His Majesty himself was about to return to Shah-Jahanabad. The soldiers and camp followers now departed in crowds, and, with the exception of the chief dignitaries, and a few of lesser rank, who would have thought it a crime to abandon their master at such a time, the Emperor remained alone. Tahmasp Khan Jalair Wakilu-s Saltanat, Burhanu-l Mulk Bahadur, and 'Azimu-llah Khan Bahadur, were sent in advance by the Shah to have the fort prepared for his reception, and to settle various other matters. When the Shah's camp equipage arrived from Shahabad, the two Emperors set out. They made the journey seated together on an elevated car. Muhammad Shah entered the citadel (ark) of Shah-Jahanabad in great pomp on the 8th of Zi-l hijja, seated in his car; the conqueror followed on the 9th mounted on a horse. By a strange cast of the dice two monarchs who, but a short while before, found the limits of an empire too narrow to contain them both, were now dwellers within the same four walls!