Later Mughals v1.c9.s25.4

v1.c9.s25.4

These men were commissioned to impress on the Rajah the high favour in which he stood with His Majesty, and by persuasive talk induce him to present himself in audience without the intervention of Qutb-ul-mulk. Itiqad Khan, after delivering the gifts with which he had been entrusted, told the Rajah that he was too great a man to need another person to introduce him, he should present himself in audience the next day, and he would be received. He could then lay his own representations before the throne. In reply the Rajah, after using many similar flattering professions, announced his intention of obtaining audience through Qutb-ul-mulk. In vain Itiqad Khan displayed all his eloquence, he could not turn the Rajah from his purpose. It is said that this was the result of Qutb-ul-mulk’s advice, conveyed through Nahar Khan and others. They had frightened the Rajah into the belief that Farrukh-siyar’s word could not be relied upon. By what vows and oaths, they said, had he not bound himself in the case of Asad Khan and his son, only to lure them into the net! The Sayyids, they added, are the only men who can stand up against such a sovereign, or whose support is of any value. [M. M. 386, Kamwar 180.]