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the banks of the Ganges, where Sultan Shujah, the brother of Aurengzib, had built a noble palace. Azim-ush-shan left likewise, under the care of some persons of distinction, personally attached to him, his treasures, and such of his effects, which he did not think proper to take with him. The young prince, Ferokh-siar, remained there during the whole reign of his grandfather, Bahadur-shah. Matters remained in that state until fortune having put an end to Azim-ush-shan's life, in the manner we have related, Moiz-ed-din Jehandar-shah ascended the throne. One of his first cares was to dispatch an order to Jafer-khan, viceroy of Bengal, to send the prince Ferokh-siar prisoner to court. This order embarrassed the Khan, who felt himself under great obligations to the prince's father. He sent, therefore, a trusty person to wait on him, advising him to provide for his safety by flight. The prince, who reckoned on the gratitude of Hussein Ali-khan, set out from Rajmahal with his family, and arrived at Azimabad Patna in great dejection of mind, and uncertain how to act. Instead of entering the city, he took his abode in a caravansera, near a spot close to the water-side, called Jafer-khan's garden, which touches the eastern extremities of the walls. From thence he sent a message to Hussein Ali-khan the governor, in which he expressed himself like one in the