Later Mughals v1.c6.s7.6

v1.c6.s7.6

The division of authority in this way between a former Wazir and a new minister was not likely to endure. Munim Khan soon objected to the formalities which made him nominally, if not really, the subordinate of Asad Khan. The rules required that, when Asad Khan held his audience as Wakil, the chief minister, Munim Khan, should appear before him and after making obeisance stand while the official documents were signed. This was considered by Munim Khan to be an indignity. The pretext was therefore found that Asad Khan, having arrived at a great age, should now retire to Dihli and rest from the fatigues undergone in the constant campaigns and marchings of the preceding reign. His son, Zulfiqar Khan, remained at Court as his deputy with charge of the Wakil's seal to the end of the reign; this seal was impressed after that of the Wazir upon all written orders and warrants of appointment in the military and civil departments, but in no way had Asad Khan any longer the least influence in the affairs of the realm. [K.K. 601.]