Later Mughals v1.c9.s12.6

v1.c9.s12.6

Hidayat Kesh Khan's crime was that he had denounced to Jahandar Shah the hiding-place of Muhammad Karim, the new Emperor's brother, and thus indirectly led to that Prince's life being taken. Some say that, in addition, he behaved in a harsh and insolent manner to him when he was made prisoner. No one knows what Sidi Qasim had done to deserve death, unless it be attributed to private revenge. As *faujdar* of some of the parganas near Dihli he had executed the son of a tradesman named Udhu. This man, thirsting for the *kotwal's* blood, levied a contribution of ten or twelve Rupees on each shop in the quarters of Shahganj and Shahdara. Having collected a very large sum, he paid it over to Mir Jumla, and secured in exchange the arrest and execution of Sidi Qasim.†