Later Mughals v1.c9.s6.18

v1.c9.s6.18

The Sayyid brothers are generally accused of grasping all power and office for themselves and friends to the exclusion of everybody else. It is curious to note, after going through the chief appointments, that this accusation should have so little foundation. Besides the two offices which were the price of their services, they received the government of two subahs for themselves and one for an uncle. They seem to have obtained very little else, while the Emperor’s friends and the Turani chiefs obtained the lion’s share. A crowd of new men were thus brought on the stage, and it is necessary for the sake of clearness that we should say something about the most prominent of them, their origin and antecedents.