ha ▁and ▁of ▁his ▁head ▁officer ▁were ▁consider ably ▁cur ta iled . ▁It ▁is ▁a ▁matter ▁of ▁little ▁wonder , ▁therefore , ▁that ▁Sy ed ▁Hass an ▁Ali ▁Khan ▁Bar ha ▁felt ▁ag gr ieved ▁at ▁the ▁unusual ▁powers ▁placed ▁in ▁the ▁hands ▁of ▁a ▁rival ▁such ▁as ▁Mir ▁J um la . ▁This ▁noble ▁was ▁much ▁more ▁accessible ▁than ▁the ▁V iz ier , ▁and ▁was ▁not ▁given ▁to ▁the ▁ext ort ion ate ▁practices ▁of ▁Rat an ▁Ch and . ▁Natur ally , ▁men ▁in ▁search ▁of ▁employ ment ▁or ▁promotion ▁sought ▁his ▁audience - hall ▁rather ▁than ▁that ▁of ▁Sy ed ▁Hass an ▁Ali ▁Khan ▁Bar ha . ▁ ▁The ▁V iz ier ▁suffered , ▁in ▁this ▁way , ▁both ▁in ▁influence ▁and ▁in ▁income . ▁Moreover , ▁Mir ▁J um la ▁allowed ▁no ▁opportunity ▁to ▁pass ▁without ▁dep reci ating ▁the ▁Say y id ▁brothers , ▁and ▁brought ▁forward ▁arguments ▁of ▁every ▁sort ▁to ▁prove ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁unf itted ▁for ▁the ▁offices ▁that ▁they ▁held . ▁ ▁The ▁Say y id ▁brothers ▁could ▁never ▁be ▁certain ▁from ▁day ▁to ▁day ▁that ▁some ▁new ▁plot ▁was ▁not ▁being ▁h atch ed ▁for ▁their ▁destruction . ▁The ▁Raj put ana ▁campaign ▁was ▁the ▁means ▁of ▁un mask ing ▁one ▁of ▁these ▁schemes . ▁Secret ▁letters ▁had ▁been , ▁dispatch ed ▁to ▁Mah ar aja ▁A j it ▁Singh , ▁ur ging ▁him ▁towards ▁str enu ous ▁resistance , ▁and ▁inv iting ▁him , ▁if ▁he ▁could , ▁to ▁make