The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.202

v4.c20.202

The new minister’s unpopularity increased daily. Courtiers were alienated by his arrogance and the emperor by the strictness of his discipline. Some even encouraged the maniac Haidar Qulī Khān, but his administration of Gujarāt became such a scandal that wiser counsels prevailed and he was dismissed. He had, however, grown so strong in Gujarāt that only one of the most powerful of the nobles could depose him. The choice naturally fell on the minister as the most capable and least desired at the capital, and Nizām-ul-Mulk was appointed to the government of Gujarāt, to be held in addition to his post of minister and the viceroyalty of the Deccan. He left Delhi on 12 November and marched for Gujarāt. Haidar Qulī Khān, who decided that it would be folly to oppose him and had no desire to encounter him, left Gujarāt for Delhi by another route, and Nizām-ul-Mulk, finding no resistance, sent his deputy into Gujarāt and set out on his return march to Delhi.