1873.] H. Blochmann— Notes on Mathura. 13 



party, and was immediately afterwards appointed Faujdar of Itawah 

 ^Alamgirn., pp. 96, 115, 127). He retained this office till the 8th Mu- 

 harram, 1070, or 15th September, 1659, when he was posted to Sirhind, 

 vice Shaikh 'Abdul Karim Thaneswari, deceased. His successor at Itawah was 

 Firiiz Mewati. 'Abdunnabi Khan was now a commander of Fifteen Hun- 

 dred, 1500 horse. He had not been quite a year at Sirhind, when he was 

 sent to Mathura. 



Chaklah Mathura, from the beginning of Aurangzib's reign, had been 

 in charge of Ja'far, son of Allah Virdi Khan. Ja'far was a zealous partizan 

 of Aurangzib, because Prince Shuja' had killed his father. He remained 

 Faujdar till nearly the end of 1070, after having received the title of Allah 

 Virdi Khan, (which his father had enjoyed) and was succeeded by Qasim 

 Khan, who had been Faujdar of Muradabad.* But Qasim was murdered 

 on his way to Mathura by the brother of his wife, and Aurangzib, in the 

 very end of 1070 (August, 1660), appointed 'Abdunnabi Khan to Mathura. 

 He must, therefore, have built the mosque soon after his arrival there. 

 'Abdunnabi remained in his office for about nine years, and was killed in the 

 very end of A. H. 1079 (May, 1668). The Madsir i 'Alamgiri (p. 83) has 

 the following passage regarding him and his mosque. ' On the 21st Zi 

 Hajjah, 1079 [May, 1668], his majesty received a report that 'Abdunnabi 

 Khan had attacked some rebels that had gathered at Mauza' Sihora.f He 

 was at first victorious, and succeeded in killing the ringleaders ; but in the 

 middle of the fight, he was struck by a bullet, and died the death of a 

 martyr. He was an excellent and pious man, and as courageous in war as 

 successful in his administration. He has left a mosque in Mathura as a 

 monument, which for a long time to come will remind people of him. Mu- 

 hammad Anwar, son of 'Abdunnabi's brother, received from his Majesty a 

 mourning dress of honor. % The property of the deceased lapsed [according 

 to custom] to the state, and the imperial Mutacaddis reported the seizure 

 of 93,000 gold muhurs ; 1,300,000 rupees ; and 1,450,000 rupees worth of 

 property." 



The rebellion in Mathura district seems to have gained ground. " On the 

 14th Kajab, 1080, [28th November, 1669], his Majesty left Dihli for Akbar- 

 abad, and almost daily enjoyed the pleasures of the chase. On the 21st Rajab, 

 whilst hunting, he received the report of a rebellion having broken out at 

 Mauza' Rewarah, Chandarkah, and Surkhru.§ Hasan 'Ali Khan was ordered 



* Muradabad is called in the ' A'lamgirndmah (p. 126) " a place of disloyalty." 



f The MSS. have tjy*> and %\j^m». I referred the passage to Mr. Gi-owse who 

 suggests Sihora, " in the Mahaban Parganah, a large village which has now a popu- 

 lation of 2722 people. It is 5 or 6 niiles from Mathura, across the Jamuna, and 

 adjoins Lohban." My MS. of the Tazkiratul-Saldtin has 8 yk .*». 



X This shews that 'Abdunnabi had no sons. 



§ MSS. £j~±j+a - jjL.jua - &y£>.y»$' 



