Fall of the Mughal Empire v3.c38.s5.2

v3.c38.s5.2

Abdul Ahad could offer no resistance. At noon some of Shafi’s soldiers broke into his mansion, and, in order to preserve the sanctity of his harem the aged regent came out and made an abject surrender to Shafi, who sent him into honourable captivity again in Qamr-ud-din’s mansion. His Hindu associate, Rajah Shivarām diwān, was dishonoured and thrown into prison. Najaf Quli’s bravest lieutenant Jalāl Khan Afghān was shot dead when charging through the enemy ranks, and his master’s cause now became hopeless, though Sayyid Ali Khan, a battalion commandant on Shafi’s side, had also fallen. So, next morning (12th Sep.) Najaf Quli went to Begam Khadija to make his surrender, and was placed under surveillance.