Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c15.s10.3

v1.c15.s10.3

The attempt was made the next day, 30th April. About two hours after dawn as Intizām and Imād were coming to the Court in *pālkis*, two horsemen fired their muskets at them in front of the fort-gate, but missed both, one bullet merely grazing the stomach of Aqibat Mahmud who was just behind his master. The miscreants dashed into the Jamuna and took the road to the wazir's camp, but one of them was captured and slain. Imād began to engage troops, saying, "There is open enmity between the wazir and me, and I ought to fight." [*TAh.* 52*a*.] That day Salābat Khan (Sādat Kh. Zulfiqār Jang), the late Mir Bakhshi, living in disgrace and confinement in his house since his dismissal in June 1751, was coaxed by two ex-queens to visit the Court and was restored to the Emperor's favour.