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thought of sending a fit person to investigate and report the truth. Zulphur Khan learnt the real state of affairs, near and afar, and was much afraid that in the event of the truth reaching the ears of the already-enraged Emperor in detail, his position might be seriously endangered. So he hit on a plan. He tried to throw the blame of the murder on someone else and to stop the heirs from going to Delhi by granting them jaghirs round Venkatagiri which had been in the possession of their forefathers and which was also remote from Arcot, for the Nawab much feared to have such popular princes by his side at North Mallur and could not allow it even for a time lest any spirit of revenge should endanger Arcot. So he sent envoys to the court of the guardian of the princes and succeeded in effecting a compromise. He then wrote to Aurangzib to say, "On account of envy and ever-increasing malignity, Rajah Bangaru Yachama Naidu was treacherously murdered, by Surap