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This victory having placed Jehandar-shah in undisputed possession of the crown, he sent notice of his accession throughout all the provinces. Moving at the same time from Lahore, he marched to Shah-jehan-abad, where he made his entry with all the pomp of an hereditary monarch, and with the pride of a conqueror, 14 Jumad-el-awel, A.H. 1124
9 June, A.D. 1712 on Monday the fourteenth of the month Jumad-el-awel, of the year 1124, about three hours before sun-set. On his passage through Bidly he was received by Mahomed Yar-khan, governor of the province, who went out on purpose to pay his homage to the emperor as he passed by on his elephant. Four days after Monday, the sun being then in the meridian, the emperor made his entry into the citadel of Dehli, and took possession of the imperial palace. The new sovereign being now firmly seated on his throne, confirmed Assed-khan in the high dignity of Vakil-i-Mutlak, or lieutenant of the empire, and Zulficar-khan, his son, in that of vezir. Sultan Kerim-ed-din, the eldest son of Azim-ush-shan, was seized at Lahore through the agency of Hedaiet-kesh-khan, and being brought to the emperor's presence suffered death, as well as all the other princes of the blood, sons of the princes Mahomed Aazim, or of Mahomed Cambakhsh: these were Ali-tebar, son of Azem-shah, and Firozmend, the two sons of Cambakhsh, besides a third son, whose name is not certainly known.