Two krors of rupees and three hundred elephants were sent to His Majesty by Shujá'u-d daula, governor of the province of Bengal. After Nádir Sháh had gone away, Amír Khán was raised to the rank of 7000 and the office of third bakhshí, and Is'hák Khán to the diwání of the khálisa. They were also received into the favour of the Emperor, on which account Nizámu-l Mulk, again having recourse to his fox-like habits, and being displeased, left Dehlí. He spent some days at the village of Tilpat, and at last, with the advice of Mihr-parwar, the grandmother of the Emperor, and on condition that Amír Khán should come out to meet him, returned to the city.
Amír Khán son of Amír Khán senior, one of the chief nobles, was appointed Governor of the province of Alláhábád, where he applied himself to the work of administration.
A body of Játs from Mahában, having raised their heads in rebellion, put Hakím Kázim, the Faujdár of the pargana of Fírozábád, to death, and carried off all his property and treasure. The chief of these insurgents proclaimed that he had assumed the name of Wántar Sháh, and more than 5000 men having flocked round him, he raised great tumult and alarm. Zahíru-d daula 'Azímu-llah Khán went against him with a body of 6000 horse, and having made an end of him, determined to cross the Chambal, proceed to the territory of Bhadáwar, and place Ráj Singh, son of Amrat Singh, on the masnad of that principality. But on account of the river being too full, he could not cross it, and returned to Dehlí.
An army of more than 100,000 Mahratta horse attacked Násir Jang, son of Nizámu-l Mulk. He, unlike his father, who always assisted the enemy, was the most virtuous man of his time, and possessed great courage and humanity. They burnt villages in the environs of the city of Aurangábád. Upon which Násir Jang equipped an army, which some say did not exceed 8000 horse, and sallied out from the city. Násir Jang fought very bravely, and despatched a great number of the enemy to hell, so that, not being able to stand their ground, they took to flight. Násir Jang pursued them, and at the distance of a few kos, the enemy again made a stand, when the Musulmáns put a great number of them to the sword. By the favour of Almighty God the enemy again fled, and Bájí Ráo, chief of the miscreants, was greatly surprised at the courage of that lion of the field of heroism. With great ignominy and shame, he stopped on the banks of the Nerbadda, and as the Mahrattas had suffered great loss in the battle with Násir Jang, they turned towards Hindústán, in the hope of ravaging that country; because they had been informed that, although they themselves had before now reached to the very suburbs of Dehlí, and so many ravages had been committed by Nádir Sháh, yet the Emperor was still equally as negligent and indifferent as ever. With this idea they gladly crossed the Nerbadda. Malhárjí, Pílújí, and other chiefs of the enemy's army, which, according to some, was no less than 50,000 horse, came through Bundelkhand as far as the banks of the Jumna; but suddenly, on hearing that Bájí Ráo, having fallen into the claws of death, had gone to the deserts of hell, they returned, without accomplishing anything, towards Sattárá-garh to meet Rája Sáhú.
Raghú, nephew of Rája Sáhú, at the head of 80,000 horse, fought with Násir Jang, to avenge the defeat of Bájí Ráo. Násir Jang in this battle also gave a complete repulse to the infidel enemy.
One of the nobles, by name Shujá'u-d daula, who was a very good man, and governed the province of Bengal with the utmost justice, died a natural death. As he was a great protector of his subjects, and exceedingly just, the country, by virtue of these qualities, flourished greatly, and the revenue had so much increased that every year he sent two krors of rupees to the Emperor; besides which, thirty thousand horse and an immense body of infantry received their pay from him. He also sent thousands of presents to the saints in all parts of the country and cities. The Emperor Muhammad Sháh, and the ministers of the throne, having shut up the path of justice, and stretching out the hand of rapacity upon the subjects, devoted themselves to amassing wealth, which at last all fell to the lot of the enemy, and there was even a deficiency in the fixed revenue of the khálisa.
Zahíru-d daula 'Azímu-llah Khán, being appointed to the governorship of Málwá, went to the territory of Bhadáwar, and having taken five lacs of rupees as a contribution from Ráj Singh, son of Rája Antrat Singh, raised him to the masnad of that principality. He then proceeded to Datiá, where he came to an understanding with its chief, and took seven lacs of rupees from him in return for the renewal of his jágírs. From that he went to Úrchha, and spent some days in fighting and squabbling with the Rája. As he acted contrary to the rule of the former governors, who, after securing the satisfaction and alliances of all the Rájas who were the servants of the Emperor, applied themselves to the government of the province, he could not even enter the territory to which he was appointed, through fear of the enemy. He passed some time in quarrelling with these Rájas, and then returned.
Mírza Mannu, son of I'timádu-d daula Kamru-d dín Khán, was appointed to the governorship of Ajmír, and he went to that place with two thousand horse. Although the Rájas had acquired great ascendency in that part of the country, so that in the city of Ajmír, where the sepulchre of the Great Khwája stands, the slaughtering of cows and other practices of Islám were prohibited, yet he stayed there only for one day, and, according to the orders of his father, who had instructed him to act in subordination to Rája Jai Singh, he leased the governorship of the province to him, and returned to Dehlí.
When Nizámu-l Mulk Ásaf Jáh was informed that his son Násir Jang had by his firmness obtained great advantages and victories over the enemy, who fled from before his name like a crow before a bow; that Islám had obtained a new lustre; that the allowances of the many officers and soldiers under him were fixed according to each man's worth; and that he had introduced peace and tranquillity among his subjects,—the fire of ambition and of a desire to assist the wretched enemy, which he had always felt, was rekindled in him. Having obtained leave from the Emperor, he marched with great haste towards the Dakhin, and arrived in a very short space of time at the banks of the Nerbadda. As he had but a very little force with him, he received a reinforcement of one thousand horse from Yár Muhammad Khán, who ruled over the greater part of the province of Málwá. Having crossed the river, he stopped for some time in the city of Burhánpúr, where a dispute arose between the father and son. At last, the latter, who, independent of being sensible and learned, was very dutiful, and a much better man than his father and ancestors, notwithstanding that he had possessed so much influence and power, voluntarily, out of respect to the rights of his father, resigned all concern in the affairs of government, and sat at the gate of the sacred shrine of saint Zainu-l Mulk, where also the remains of Sháh 'Álamgír (Aurangzeb) are interred. As he was a very wise man, had been disgusted with worldly pursuits, and had much regard for works of religion, he withdrew his hand from the pollutions of this world, and attended to the excellences of the next.
Nizámu-l Mulk, who had become old, was so much entangled in the allurements of this unprofitable world, that, although from the time of 'Álamgír to the present he had seen how faithless it had proved to a great number of its followers, yet, through his avarice and ambition, he discouraged his excellent son, and still seeks to injure him, notwithstanding that he must well know the world to be nothing and its votaries nothing.