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4 Assed-khan in the office of Vezir, and he raised Zulficar-khan, the son of the minister, to the command of the forces.

At this time Sultan Mahomed Muazem, the eldest son of the deceased, was at Cabul, a city and fortress on the frontier. Of this province he was the viceroy. He had with him his two younger sons, Khujista-akhter, and Refi-al-cadr, while his eldest son, Moiz-ed-din, resided in Multan, of which district he was the governor, and his second son, Azim-ush-shan (the ablest of the four, and the object of his grandfather's affection) dwelt in Bengal, whereof he was viceroy. It appears that the intention of Aurengzib was to leave the empire of Hindoostan to his eldest son, Sultan Muazem; the dominions of the Deckan to his second son, Mahomed Aazem; and the kingdom of Bijapoor to his favourite son Cambakhsh, in full hopes that those three princes, each satisfied with his lot, would promote the welfare of the people. But who is the man who has not felt the effects of ambition? and how could so experienced a prince flatter himself that his sons would be free from it? Cambakhsh, who governed Bijapoor in full sovereignty, seemed content with his lot, and he was the more so, because Sultan Mahomed Aazem, in order to please his mother, had added another province to his dominions, and had consented to allow him to coin money, and to