Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c10.s3.4

v1.c10.s3.4

Saifuddaulah I was a patron of the immigrants from Trans-oxiana and settled many of these Turks in the Panjāb by granting them lands and posts in the provincial army. In 1726 he was replaced by his son Zakariyā Khān, created Azuddaulah I Hizbar Jang. In 1739 the latter’s charge was enlarged by the addition of Multān, and he was, on Nādir Shāh’s recommendation, promoted to be a 8-hazāri with the title of Saif-ud-daulah II. He had married a daughter of the wazir Itimād-ud-daulah I., while his eldest son Yahiyā Khān was married to a daughter of that wazir’s son Itimād-ud-daulah II. Zakariyā Khān was a very strong and just ruler, vigilant in supervising the administration and protecting the people from oppression,—for which his fame spread throughout the land and he was idolised by his subjects in a degree unequalled in that age. He continued his father’s good work of putting down the brigand chiefs who used to disturb the country, such as Panāh Bhātti, the terror of the tract from Hasan Abdāl to the bank of the Rāvi, and Mir Mār, whose hunting ground was the doāb between the Rāvi and the Satlaj.