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∗ *Dil.* ii. 116a; *Madras Diary*, 18 and 22 Sep. 1694. Manucci (iii. 271—2) gives horrible details of this suicide and also asserts that Zulfiqar falsely accused Yachapa of treason and killed him, because the Nayak had written a letter to the Emperor exposing Zulfiqar's treasonable collusion with the Marathas and deliberate prolongation of the siege of Jinji, and offering to capture the fort in eight days by his own troops alone, but the letter had been intercepted by Asad Khan.