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would make us eat out of one platter with yourself.' At this speech he was very enraged. When they had gone he ordered 'Let all these learned men of Lahor be arrested tomorrow. I will order them to be imprisoned and afterwards I will have them executed.' He ordered that Lahor should be entitled Dar-ul-jihad. On hearing this Muizz-ud-din sent all his troops and artillery to protect the learned men, saying 'If the imperial troops attacked them I will come out myself and join them.' Hearing this the Emperor gave up his intention. But in a few days he sent for seven of the best and most noted men and put them in prison, sending them to Gwaliyar. He ordered the khutba to be read in Dihli as he had directed. Asaf-ud-daulah on seeing the order said 'This cannot take effect in Hindustan; it is not Iran,' and refused to let it be recited saying he would write to the Emperor about it. Bahadur Shah, seeing he could not enforce his change and at Gujarat and Kashmir it had ended in the murder of the reciter (khatib), felt shame and became insane. He was not able to sleep at nights and dogs became hateful to him. He ordered every one in camp to kill a dog whenever they saw it. Thousands of dogs were killed. The learned men sent to Gwaliyar prayed for the destruction of the sovereign. When they got to Akbarabad, Baqi Khan Chela, the commandant, sent for them and entertained them and sent them on and prayed them to stop those supplications and he would intercede for their release. They made evasive answers, and continued as before on reaching Gwaliyar; and a few days passed. In the month of Muharram the Emperor fell ill.