Later Mughals v1.c6.s9.2

v1.c6.s9.2

The advance was resumed on the 28th December 1707. As they drew near to Amber, the capital of the Kachhwahas, Bahadur Shah directed that as there was a dispute for the throne between the two brothers, Jai Singh and Bijai Singh, the State should be annexed to the Empire, that the name of the town should be altered to Islamabad, and that a new *faujdar* should be sent there in the person of Sayyid Ahmad Said Khan Barha. By the route taken Hindaun Biana lay on their left, and passing Todah belonging to Jagannath Kachhwaha, they went through Deosa, in the Dhudhar country, Kherwali and Bairath. It was a desolate land, the few inhabitants had fled before the army, and sweet water was hardly attainable, what there was being brought from great distances. The army reached Amber about the 20th January 1708, and on a Friday the Emperor went in state to pray at a mosque situated in that town. Rajah Jai Singh had deserted Azam Shah before the close of the battle at Jajau, and apparently had been now some time in the imperial camp at Agra and on the march. The officials now proceeded to confiscate his goods, but they were given back to him. The country of Amber, however, was made over to Bijai Singh, Jai Singh's younger brother, who on the 10th Safar 1120 (30th April, 1708) received the title of Mirza Rajah. Jewels worth 1,00,000 Rupees were given to him with the order to make them over to his mother. (Bahadur-Shah-nama, 62—64.)