Later Mughals v1.c9.s33.7

v1.c9.s33.7

Following the advice of Itiqad Khan, all the demands made by the Sayyids were conceded. On the 1st Rabi II. 1131 H. (20th February, 1719) Samsam-ud-daulah was ordered to vacate the house in the fort known as the peshkhana. He left it and moved into his own mansion in the city. Some five to six thousand of the Emperor's own troops (the Wala-shahi), and all Samsam-ud-daulah's retainers marched out of the fort. The following appointments were then made: Sayyid Najm-ud-din Ali Khan (with Itiqad Khan as deputy) to be darogha of the privy audience, vice Samsam-ud-daulah; Sayyid Khan Jahan (with Zafar Khan as deputy) to be commandant of the imperial artillery; Abdun-nabi Khan to be head officer of the mace-bearers; Sayyid Shujaat Khan to be the head officer of the jilau, or retinue; Nijabat Ali Khan to be nazir or head of the harem; and Sayyid Ghairat Khan to be governor of Agra. Farrukh-siyar insisted that as the celebration of the Nauroz, or New Year's day, was so close at hand, [29 Rabi II.], Itiqad Khan and the other old officials should continue to act for a few days as the deputies of the new office-holders. But in spite of the remonstrances addressed to him by his own people, Farrukh-siyar agreed that on the day of the interview, the gates of the fort and the doors of the palace should be held by Husain Ali Khan's men. [K. K. 806.]