Note 49 — Chapter III · MUGHAL VICEROYS. a.d. 1573–1758.

The Mahárája Ajítsingh, on reaching Áhmedábád, appointed Ghazni Khán Jhálori governor of Pálanpur and Jawán Mard Khán Bábi governor of Rádhanpur.49 During this year an imperial order conferred on Haidar Kúli Khán, Sorath and Gohilváḍ or south-east Káthiáváḍa50 then in charge of Fatehsingh, the viceroy’s deputy.51 On receiving this order Haidar sent Sayad Âkil as his deputy, and that officer went to Jambúsar, and, collecting men, set out to join his appointment. He Chapter III. Mughal Viceroys. Farrukhsiyar Emperor 1713–1719. Mahárája Ajítsingh Forty-seventh Viceroy, 1715–16. first camped at Loliánah, where the province of Sorath begins, and from Loliánah marched against Pálitána and plundered the town. Disagreement between the Viceroy and Haidar Kúli Khán, 1715.The viceroy, who was by no means well disposed to Haidar Kúli Khán, sent a message that if any injury was done in Sorath he would take vengeance on the aggressors; and as neither Ajítsingh nor Haidar Kúli Khán was of a very compliant temper, civil war was on the point of breaking out. By the help of Salábat Khán Bábi, the deputy in Gohilváḍa, matters were arranged, and Sayad Âkil returned from Sorath. Haidar was anxious to send Salábat Khán as deputy to Sorath. But as Salábat demanded too high a salary, Raza Kúli, brother of the late governor of Baroda, was chosen. When this officer, with his brother Maâsúm Kúli, reached Amreli Fatehsingh, the viceroy’s deputy, evacuated Junágaḍh. After this Haidar Kúli Khán, in company with Kázím Beg, governor of Baroda, marched against and defeated the chief of Munjpur, now under Rádhanpur, who had refused to pay the usual tribute. The viceroy went to Sorath to collect the imperial revenue, and, owing to his excessive demands, met with armed resistance from the Jám of Navánagar. Finally, the matter of tribute was settled, and after visiting the shrine of Dwárka, the viceroy returned to Áhmedábád.