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Later Mughals v1.c6.s19.6

Later Mughals v1.c6.s19.6

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From Pragpura, on the 12th Jamadi II. 1122 (7th August, 1710), a force was sent on in advance, under the command of Firuz Khan Mewati, Sultan Quli Khan, a nephew of Rustam Dil Khan, Shakir Khan, and others ; an allowance of 50,000 Rupees being granted to Firuz Khan for the payment of levies. Muhammad Amin Khan and his son, Qamr-ud-din Khan, arrived about the same time from Muradabad (27th Jamadi II. 1122, 22nd August, 1710). A week or two after the first force had started, another was sent off under Sayyid Wajih-ud-din Khan Barha. On the 4th Rajab (28th August) Khan Dauran† reached the camp ; and when the Emperor was at the town of Patodhi,‡ (17th Rajab, 10th September), Saif-ud-din Ali Khan, Najm-ud-din Ali Khan, and Siraj-ud-din Ali Khan, younger brothers of Sayyid Abdullah Khan Barha, came in from their home across the Jamuna. Khan Jahan (Sipahdar Khan) did not arrive till the 4th Ramzan, 1122 (26th October, 1710). Churaman Jat joined when the camp was nearer Dihli.§