Later Mughals v1.c9.s15.19

v1.c9.s15.19

Farrukh-siyar, who was much cast down at the refusal of his friends to act, followed up this negotiation with further attempts to conciliate the Sayyids and offers of doing their will, swearing many oaths that he would never attempt to injure them again. Khwaja Jafar, the holy man, an elder brother of Khan Dauran, Sayyid Husain Khan Barha, Sayyid Shujaat Khan and others, went to and fro repeatedly. At these interviews the Sayyids expatiated, as usual, on their good services and the devotion they had shown, diversified by loud complaints of the Emperor's ingratitude. At length they said that they were convinced that the flames of ill-will had been set alight by the efforts of Mir Jumla and Khan Dauran. So long as those two gentlemen were left at Court they did not feel justified in presenting themselves there, for they would still be afraid of renewed attack. But Khwaja Jafar succeeded in overcoming their objection to Khan Dauran. He entered into a solemn covenant on his brother's behalf, that he would never again act towards the Sayyids contrary to the rules of true friendship. Should the Emperor entertain any such project, he would hinder its execution to the best of his ability.