Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c15.s4.3

v1.c15.s4.3

But the reality of power lay elsewhere than at the imbecile Court of Delhi. The two deputies at Lahor wisely sent their agent to Jahān Khan, the Afghan viceroy of the Peshawar province, in order to learn his master's pleasure in the matter. At the end of January 1754 a *farmān* and a robe of office were received from the Abdālī, by which Muhammad Amin Khan was appointed *his* subahdār of the Panjāb with his father's title of Muin-ul-mulk, while Mumin Khan was nominated as his deputy. This letter was welcomed with regal honours and the State band played in rejoicing.*