Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c6.s6.4

v1.c6.s6.4

Amir Khān and his protege Ishaq Khān having been installed in the Emperor’s supreme confidence (1739), these Persian Shias began to work for the overthrow of the Turāni Sunni nobles, whose leaders were the two highest officers of the realm, *viz.*, the Wazir Qamruddin and the Bakhshi Asaf Jāh Nizām-ul-mulk. The Emperor had long been harbouring a distrust of his Turāni nobles, and their conduct during the late Persian invasion had only confirmed his belief in their utter selfishness and disloyalty. He therefore lent a ready ear to the counsels of Amir Khān. The plan hatched in the secrecy of the innermost circle of the palace was to remove Qamruddin from the wazirship and appoint Amir Khān, who persuaded the Emperor that he himself could fill that office with greater success and benefit to his master.