Fall of the Mughal Empire v3.c36.s9.15

v3.c36.s9.15

The effect of the change was at once felt. Mirzā Najaf by command took up his residence at the capital, in ex-wazir Qamruddin Khan’s mansion near the Ajmeri Gate and began to attend Court daily in the place of Abdul Ahad. He sent Mirzā Shafi against the Sikhs in the upper Doab and the Sonepat-Panipat region, Afrāsiyāb Khan to the middle Doab, Muhammad Beg Hamadāni to Agra and the Jat country, and Najaf Quli Khan to Mewāt and Shekhāwati. Internal peace at last returned to Delhi, and external peace was assured by the regency of a soldier whose strength of character and military genius revived the memories of Najib-ud-daulah. We can therefore understand the raptures of our invaluable memoirist-captain Tahmāsp Khan (Miskin), now settled with his family in Delhi in affluence and peace after his long wanderings and privations. He writes: “There was now general happiness among all and sundry at the capital. Marriage and rejoicing were seen in every house; buying and selling went on in all quarters of the city; new houses were built or purchased. And all this through the gracious and competent administration of Mirzā Najaf Khan. All the chiefs, Turāni Irāni and Hindustāni, were happy, prosperous and exalted.” [p. 344.]