Hostility with the Sayyid brothers Farrukhsiyar
farrukhsiyar on horseback attendants
farrukhsiyar defeated jahandar shah aid of sayyid brothers, , 1 of brothers, abdullah khan, wanted post of wazir (prime minister). demand rejected, since post promised ghaziuddin khan, farrukhsiyar offered him post regent under name of wakil-e-mutlaq. abdullah khan refused, saying deserved post of wazir since led farrukhsiyar s army against jahandar shah. farrukhsiyar gave in demand, , abdullah khan became prime minister.
according historian william irvine, farrukhsiyar s close aides mir jumla iii , khan dauran sowed seeds of suspicion in mind might usurp him throne. learning these developments, other sayyid brother (hussain ali khan) wrote abdullah: clear, prince s talk , nature of acts, man paid no regard claims service performed, 1 void of faith, breaker of word , altogether without shame . hussain ali khan felt necessary act in interests without regard plans of new sovereign .
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