Later Mughals v1.c8.s18.7

v1.c8.s18.7

Having thus decided on their course of action, Asad Khan thought it advisable to eject Ahl-ullah Khan (Saifullah) from the fort, to the charge of which he had been appointed when Jahandar Shah started for Agra. He was replaced by Muhammad Yar Khan, who had been subahdar of Dihli and commandant of the fort from the time of Alamgir. Information had reached the partisans of Farrukh-siyar that Jahandar Shah was hiding in Asad Khan’s house. These men assembled and demanded with threats that the fugitive should be delivered up. By daybreak there was a large crowd, and it looked as if an insurrection would break out. Then to appease the rioters, Jahandar Shah was sent a prisoner to the fort, and at his earnest entreaty, Lal Kunwar was allowed to join him. On seeing her, he is said to have exclaimed joyfully, ‘Let the past be forgotten, and in all things let us praise the Lord!’ A few days afterwards, on the 23rd Zul Hijja by Abdullah Khan’s orders, harshness was carried to the point of placing the fallen Emperor’s feet in fetters. Already, on the 22nd Zul Hijja (19th January, 1713), before any of the victorious Prince’s officers had appeared in Dihli, the khutba was read at the Jama Masjid, or great mosque, in the name of the new Emperor, Farrukh-siyar.*