Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c10.s3.7

v1.c10.s3.7

With him ended the happiness of the Panjāb. Zakariyā Khān I left behind him three sons: Yahiyā Khan (surnamed Az-ud-daulah II), Hayātullah Khān (surnamed Hizbar Jang II and Shāh-nawāz Khān), and Mir Bāqi. Yahiyā was a weak effeminate youth, while Hayātullah, a particular favourite of Nādir Shāh, seems to have derived from his dread patron a bloodthirsty oppressive and grasping character. [Ashub, ii. 452.] Soon after their father's death, the two elder brothers returned from Delhi to Lāhor, when Hayātullah demanded a partition of their patrimony. A settlement was delayed and the armed retainers on the two sides came to blows with each other. At last terms were arranged and Hayātullah,, on receiving a certain amount in cash and jewels by way of payment, withdrew to his faujdāri in the Jālandar doāb.