Tarikh-i Iradat Khan 11.6

11.6

Zu-l fikar Khan advised Jahandar not to remain more than a week in Dehli, but to proceed to Agra, and if necessary to the eastern provinces, as the dread of his power would not be impressed fully in the breasts of his subjects while Farrukh Siyar refused to pay allegiance. Jahandar Shah, on his arrival at Dehli, fascinated by the various luxuries it afforded, forgot the advice of his minister, and chose to remain, indulging himself in low pleasures, moving only from palace to palace, and garden to garden. Kokaltash Khan and his party persuaded him that the Amiru-l umara had excited this rebellion, and had engaged privately with Farrukh Siyar, to whom he would deliver His Majesty a prisoner, should he prevail upon him to march from the capital. These ideas served to increase the fears of the weak Jahandar Shah. He would often exclaim, "I did not kill 'Azimu-sh Shan; it was the Amiru-l umara, who must now go and answer the claims of his son for satisfaction." The other plans of an Emperor who was thus overcome by fear may easily be guessed, and need no explanation. The Amiru-l umara, offended at the distrust of his master, did not attend as he ought to business, but employed his time also in pleasure, and forwarding his own immediate interest.