The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.165

v4.c20.165

Rafī‘-ud-Darajāt grew rapidly weaker from his disease, and was deposed on 4 June, 1719, dying of consumption a week afterwards. His elder brother, Rafī‘-ud-Daula, was enthroned (6 June), with the title of Shāh Jahān the second. He too lived within the fort, a prisoner of his two ministers in all matters, even in his private life. Ināyat-ullah, the brother of Farrukh-siyar’s mother, began to raise an army for overthrowing the Sayyids. But his plot was detected and he was seized at Delhi (10 June, 1719) and thrown into prison. Jay Singh Sawāī was the rallying point of the discontented nobles, several of whom fled to him.