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Rh, for which he was eminently qualified, for no other man at that time would have been able to rule countries so newly conquered and so refractory. The new viceroy, after having settled to his mind the military and financial affairs of his government, returned to court; having left as his lieutenant an Afghan nobleman, called Daud-khan Peni, a man famed in those countries for his riches, his bodily strength, and his personal prowess; and who had rendered himself of so much importance, that there were no noblemen in Deckan who could be compared with him. He was made the director of all political affairs, as also of the finance department, with full liberty to undertake any military expedition which he should deem advisable. Zulficar-khan, after having eased his mind of so great a burthen, went to court, where he applied himself sedulously in aiding to introduce order throughout every part of the empire.

The provinces of Bengal, Orissa, Azimabad and Ilahabad, had hitherto been governed by Azim-ush-shan, the emperor's second son, and it was thought politic to continue those countries under the same administration; an arrangement which put it in that prince's power to reward two illustrious nobles who had rendered him many important services, and had distinguished themselves