Tarikh-i Iradat Khan 7: Gháziu-d dín Khán Fíroz Jang.

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Gháziu-d dín Khán Fíroz Jang, who had acquired a most powerful influence in the Dakhin, and was chief of the Túrání Mughals, kept on foot a great army. He had withdrawn himself from A'zam Sháh, and he was also much in dread of Sháh 'Álam's resentment, because he had advised that Prince's being confined when Aurangzeb was before Golkonda. He was an able statesman of long experience, who, though blind of sight, could clearly perceive the mind of man; therefore, whatever wishes he might have to enjoy the honour of making an Emperor, yet he soon saw the follies of Kám Bakhsh, and declined his cause as ruinous and lost. Mun'im Khan Khan-khanan opened a correspondence with Ghazio-d din, to whom he gave much consolation, assurances of favour, and friendly advice. That experienced statesman, opening his eyes on the vicissitudes of life, saw it was his interest, if His Majesty would forget the past and not molest him in his fortune, to bend his head in submission and retire from business to a life of devotion. His only son, Chin Kalich Khan, had long disagreed with him, and his brother, Hamid Khan, whom he had appointed his deputy in command of the troops, had separated from him and gone over to the presence. The Turan chiefs of his household also, when they saw his fortunes on the decline, had left his service. All these events made him glad to embrace the promises of the minister and thankfully accept the subadari of Ahmadabad in Gujarat.