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after he should have conducted him in safety to Rajah Jai Singh. The Afghan betrayed him to the Sayyids. People in the city spread about the story that Tahavvur Khan, Wala-shahi, Ruh-ullah Khan (son of Khanazad Khan) and many others were coming with Rajah Jai Singh at the head of a mighty army to deliver the captive. Popular rumour asserted that Farrukh-siyar could still see, and that in secret conclave the two brothers had repented, and would replace the deposed sovereign on the throne. After doing this, they would resign place and office, assume the garb of mendicants, and return to Barha, or make a pilgrimage to the holy places. This was openly spoken of. Then Hashim Ali Khan Dakhini said secretly to Husain Ali Khan, "I salute your lordship: Disease is dealt with in one of two ways—you either bear it, or remove the afflicted part. But once you have resorted to treatment, there is no hope of recovery till the offending principle is expelled." The Sayyids then made up their mind to remove Farrukh-siyar. They sent for Sidi Yasin Khan (son of Sidi Qasim, Fulad Khan, once kotwal of Dihli), and after promising him a reward said: "Farrukh-siyar took your father's life without cause, you have a legal right of retaliation, put your hand on your dagger and slay him." The young man refused. Had not his father and his family been the slaves of that royal house? To kill a master who for some supposed fault took a slave's life, was not permissible.