Page:Siyar-ul-Mutakherin.djvu/40

24 of Guzerat on Ghazenfer-jung, ruler of Berar, an office he had once held under Aurengzib. At the same time Raja Jye Sing Kichwaha and Ajit Sing Rahtore both quitted the court, when near the Nerbedda, without permission, and returned to their own country; where, having ejected with a great deal of fighting and slaughter the imperial officers, they retook possession of their fortresses, and reinstated themselves in their own dominions.

Having proceeded to the south, the emperor remained some time at Hydrabad. He at length returned towards Hindoostan in order to reduce the fugitive Hindu princes who had quitted his camp at the Nerbedda. The latter, availing themselves of their distance from court, had in the meantime given battle to the three Seids brothers, Ahmed Sayid-khan, Hussein-khan, and Gheiret-khan, who all three on the same day received the honour of martyrdom. These events only added to the emperor's indignation, but his apprehension of those Rajpoots made it expedient to temporize