Later Mughals v1.c6.s12.t2: Bahadur Shah Returns Towards Hindustan.
Later Mughals v1.c6.s12.t2
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Bahadur Shah Returns Towards Hindustan.
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On the 17th January 1709 the Emperor moved nearer to Haidarabad visiting the battlefield on his way, escorted by Zulfiqar Khan who pointed out to him the various places of interest. A visit was paid to the palaces of Haidarabad on the 26th January, and two days afterwards the advance-tents were sent out on the road to Aurangabad. The first march was made to Talab-i-Mir Jumla on the 1st February 1709; on the 5th March they camped three *kos* from Zafarabad Bidar; on the 19th March they were near Ahsanabad Kulbarga; on the 4th May the camp was in Farrah Bagh near Ahmadnagar. The other principal stages until the Narmada was crossed were: Daluganu [? Dahigaon] after crossing the Banganga, 4th June; Bagh Nawab Bai, 9th June; near Aurangabad, 19th June; march through the Fardapur Pass, camp at Nawab Bai's sarai, 25th August; crossed the Tapti, 6th October; camp on the bank of the Narmada, 2nd November, and here the month of Ramzan was passed; crossed the Narmada, 25th December, 1709. [Bahadur 177,183.]
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∗ K. K. 510 says that a son of Kam Bakhsh named Muhi-ul-millat died at Puna at the age of ten in 1114, and the city was renamed Muhiabad in honour of him. No other authority mentions any son of Kam Bakhsh bearing this name, though Puna was certainly renamed Muhiabad at the end of Aurangzib's reign. [J. Sarkar.]