The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.156
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.156
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At the end of September, 1718, Mīr Jumla, who had been recalled by Farrukh-siyar from Lahore, reached Delhi, but immediately went over to the minister’s camp. Even Samsām-ud-Daula lost the confidence of the volatile emperor and made friends with Sayyid ‘Abdullah. In short, all his hostile plots were immature and failed to produce anything except talk and excitement in Delhi. The excessive favour shown to Muhammad Murād (I‘tiqād Khān) alienated most of the former adherents of the emperor.