The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c21.s1.33

v4.c21.s1.33

The minister was now deterred from taking up arms against the emperor only by fear of incurring the suspicion of aspiring to the throne and thus alienating all. He ignored the demand for the resignation of his minor offices, but Ghāzī-ud-dīn discovered a plan to deprive him of the most dangerous of them. The imperial artillery was stationed in the fort, and by a stratagem Safdar Jang’s officer in charge of it was removed. The guns were then loaded and trained on the palace which the minister occupied. Safdar Jang then begged for leave to depart to his province. In the emperor’s refusal of this permission may be traced the hand of Ghāzī-ud-dīn, who was opposed to a peaceful solution of the difficulty and wished, by driving Safdar Jang into active hostility, to complete his ruin.