Singh the Chief, commanding the fortifications of Senji (Jinji) and a few others joined together and rose in rebellion. They refused to pay the annual tribute to the Emperor. When Aurangzib heard this, he soon appointed Zulphur Khan Bahadur, a son of his favourite Vizier Asaf Khan Bahadur as the Nawab of Arcot and sent him to the Deccan with a large army and with a mandate to quell the rebels. But the new Nawab on reaching his capital at Arcot neglected the duty entrusted to him and this disobedience on the part of Zulphur Zung Bahadur much displeased the Emperor. It is said that for a time, on account of the Emperor's wrath, all correspondence ceased between him and his Deccan agent. There is mention made of this in Persian Records Thuhvathul Akvar. Aurangzib then thought of appointing Rajah Bangaru Yachama Naidu as the next Nawab to replace the disobedient agent, for he thought the Rajah to be the ablest and fittest
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