Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c10.s3.9

v1.c10.s3.9

All these circumstances conspired "to destroy the peace and prosperity which the just rule of Zakariyā Khān had given to the Panjāb. . . . Disorder broke out. Everywhere lawless men, plunderers and adventurers, who had so long kept themselves in hiding, now came out of their holes and began to desolate the realm. . . . On one side the Rājah of Jammu rebelled, and on the other the Sikhs began to cause tumult and trouble." (Anandrām, 289.) The first deputy governor, Mir Mumin, had not the means of suppressing these disorders. At last, after long persuasion, the Emperor in 1746 agreed to appoint Yahiyā Khān as deputy governor, while the wazir continued as the titular subahdar.