Later Mughals v1.c9.s10.3

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Mir Shahab-ud-din was born at Samarqand about the year 1060 H. (1649-50); and followed his father to India in the twelfth year of Alamgir (1079-80 H., 1668-69), when he was in his nineteenth or twentieth year. He received the rank of 300 zat, 70 horse. His special favour with Alamgir began ten years later when, at the peril of his life, he brought speedy information from a general who had been sent in pursuit of the Rana into the hills of Udaipur, and of whose safety no tidings could be obtained. For this service he obtained the title of Khan and from that time rose rapidly, especially after he had proved his loyalty by rejecting all advances from the Emperor's rebel son, Prince Akbar. He accompanied the Emperor into the Dakhin and took part in all the campaigns there for the succeeding five and twenty years. He conquered Ibrahimgarh-Yadgiri (also called Firuzgarh); was conspicuous in the taking of Haidarabad; Adoni (Imtiyaz-garh) also fell before him. He was sent against Shambhaji, son of Shivaji, in 1099-1100 H. (1687-88), and served against Deogarh (Islamgarh), which he captured. In the forty-eighth year, 1115-16 H., 1703-4, he pursued the Mahrattas into Malwa. At the time of Alamgir's death in 1118 H., 1707, he was at Elichpur, in charge of the subah of Berar. As we have already recounted (under Bahadur Shah's reign), he took no part in the war of succession between Azam Shah and Bahadur Shah. The Turanis were not in favour with the victor, Bahadur Shah, and thus Firuz Jang was moved out of the Dakhin, where he was dangerous, to the Government of Ahmadabad in Gujarat. There he died on the 17th Shawwal 1122 H. (8th December, 1710) at the age of sixty-two (lunar) years. He held the rank of 7,000 zat. Following the usual Mughal system, his estate was confiscated on his death. It consisted of 1½ lakhs of Rupees in bills on bankers, 133,000 gold muhars 25,000 hun (gold) and nim-paoli (gold), 17,000 gold paoli, 400 adheli (half) and 8,000 whole silver paoli, 140 horses, 300 camels, 400 oxen and 38 elephants.