Editing Muhammad Shah (section)

=== Removing the Sayyid Brothers ===
{{See also|Sayyid brothers|Battle of Balapur}}[[File:Chitarman II, Emperor Muhammad Shah with Falcon Viewing his Garden at Sunset from a Palanquin ca 1730 Metmuseum.jpg|thumb|left|The Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah with his [[Falcon]] visits the imperial garden at sunset on a palanquin.]]

On 9 October 1720, Syed Hussain Ali Khan Barha, the commander and chief of the [[Army of the Mughal Empire|Mughal army]], was assassinated in his encampment in [[Todabhim]] and Muhammad Shah took direct command of the army. Asaf Jah I was then dispatched to gain complete control of six Mughal provinces in the [[Deccan Plateau|Deccan]], and [[Muhammad Amin Khan Turani]] was assigned as the [[Mansabdar]] of 8000. He was sent to pursue the Mughal Grand vizier Syed Hassan Ali Khan Barha, who was defeated at the battle of [[Hasanpur]] by Muhammad Amin Turani, [[Khan Dowran VII|Khan-i Dauran]], Sher Afkan Panipati, and Amin-ud-Din Sambhali. Hassan Khan Barha fought on the side opposing Khan-i-Dauran where the most danger was anticipated,<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ak5oFjTys8MC&dq=hasanpur+khan+dauran&pg=RA1-PA82 |title= Later Mughal |page= 82 |author= William Irvine |date= 1971 |publisher= Atlantic Publishers & Distri }}</ref>  was captured on 15 November 1720 and executed two years later. The fall of the Sayyid Brothers would mark the beginning of the end of the Mughal Empire's direct control over its dominions in the Deccan.