Later Mughals v1.c9.s13.11

v1.c9.s13.11

The quarrel had proceeded so far by the beginning of Rabi I. (27th March 1713), that Qutb-ul-mulk ceased to attend the daily audience, an infallible sign that a noble had a grievance or was out of humour. Farrukh-siyar was always ready to take any step, however humiliating, which might for the moment postpone decisive action and give him time to plan some fresh treachery. Accordingly, on the 9th Rabi I. (4th April 1713), on his way back from Wazirabad, a place on the banks of the Jamuna, where he had gone to hunt, he paid a visit to Qutb-ul-mulk's house and embraced him affectionately. He deigned to eat his breakfast and take his midday sleep there before returning to the palace. Qutb-ul-mulk, in return for so much condescension, made many costly gifts to His Majesty, receiving others in return. This is noted as the first public disclosure of the ill-feeling between the Emperor and his minister, which went on increasing year by year till it ended in catastrophe. [Kamwar 134, Warid 149b.]