Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c15.s4.5

v1.c15.s4.5

Stung to fury by baffled ambition, Bihkāri Khān wanted to seize the government of Lahor by force. He gave up attending the Court of the new subahdār, kept to his own mansion, began to collect troops, mostly the turbulent Afghans of Qasur, mounted guns on the terrace of his house, and displayed open hostility to the Begam's authority. But Mughlāni Begam cleverly bought the support of the Mughlia captains with titles and increase of salary, and even seduced from Bihkari Khan’s party Khawājah Mirza Khan (who had been Muin’s right hand man in his campaigns), by giving him the pargana of Yaminābād. With this general’s help, Bihkāri Khan was arrested and kept confined in the Begam’s palace. His property was given up to plunder by order, and three days after his fall his troops made their submission to the Begam and were taken into her service. (Miskin, 22.)