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messenger brought the news that Raja of Nahan’s mother had captured
Banda Singh and she was on her way to present him to the Emperor.
She was about 12 kos (about 45 kilometers) from the royal camp. At
this the Emperor commanded that Mahabat Khan should go and bring
them to his presence. The Emperor sent a message to Mahbat Khan to
put Banda Singh in the cage and his wive should be brought in a chariot.
On 24 Janaury, the Emperor ordered that Hindu style ornaments worth
rupees one hundred thousand should be made for the mother of Raja
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Nahan (as an award for arresting Banda Singh). Though, later, the news
of the arrest of Banda Singh proved to be false.

Endnotes

1. Entry of Akhbarar-i-Darbar-i-Mu’alla, also Tazkira-i-Salatin Chugatta.
2. Palanquin was a symbol of privilege and aristocracy.
3. Akhbarat-i-Darbar-i-Mu’alla, entry of 25.2.1710.
4. Akhbarat-i-Darbar-i-Mu’alla, entry of 23.4.1710.
5. Akhbarat-i-Darbar-i-Mu’alla, entry of 5.5.1710.
6. Akhbarat-i-Darbar-i-Mu’alla, entry of 10.5.1710.
7. Akhbarat-i-Darbar-i-Mu’alla, entry of 12.5.1710.
8. Akhbarat-i-Darbar-i-Mu’alla, entry of 12.5.1710.
9. Akhbarat-i-Darbar-i-Mu’alla, entry of 20.5.1710.
10. Akhbarat-i-Darbar-i-Mu’alla, entry of 24.5.1710.
11. Akhbarat-i-Darbar-i-Mu’alla, entry of 27.5.1710.
12. Akhbarat-i-Darbar-i-Mu’alla, entry of 28.5.1710
13. Akhbarat-i-Darbar-i-Mu’alla, entry of 5.6.1710.
14. In Muntkhab-ul-Lubab.
15. Akhbarat-i-Darbar-i-Mu’alla, entry of 22.6.1710.
16. Akhbarat-i-Darbar-i-Mu’alla, entry of 1.7.1710.
17. Akhbarat-i-Darbar-i-Mu’alla, entry of 2.7.1710
18. Akhbarat-i-Darbar-i-Mu’alla, entry of 8.7.1710
19. Akhbarat-i-Darbar-i-Mu’alla, entry of 23.7.1710.
20. Akhbarat-i-Darbar-i-Mu’alla, entry of 25.7.1710.
21. Akhbarat-i-Darbar-i-Mu’alla, entry of 14.8.1710.
22. Ibid.