Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c6.s4.5

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Ishaq was a devoted and sincere well-wisher of the Emperor and honestly gave him very sound advice regardless of his own interests. [Siyar, ii. 100]. He enjoyed the Emperor's greatest confidence and favour and never abused his power. His eldest son, Mirzā Muhammad, who succeeded to his title as Ishaq Khān II, (Najm-ud-daulah) in 1740 and seven years later (13th Aug. 1747) to his post of Diwān-i-Khālsa, gained the Emperor's trust and personal affection in an even greater degree than his father and "became the Emperor's life as it were," so much so that Muhammad Shah used to say, "If Muhammad Ishaq Khan had not left Mirzā Muhammad behind him, I do not know how I could have survived him.” Other sons of the first Ishaq Khān rose to high rank in the Emperor's service and his daughter (later known as Bahu Begam) was married, by the Emperor's express command, to Safdar Jang's son and heir Shujā-ud-daulah and became the mother of Nawāb Asaf-ud-daulah of Oudh. [Siyar, iii. 3, Chahār Gulzār, 387 b.]