Part III. 
The interval between the second and third instalment of 
these diaries, viz. from 1691 to 1736, is considerable, and the 
gap must be filled from other sources. 
In 1696 Prince Azimushan, son of Bahadur Shah, suc- 
his Headquarters till 1702'. In the meantime the work in 
cea was carried on by a Deputy. In a note to the second 
instalment I have stated that I found in the Tippera Collectorate 
evidence that in 1698 one Rahmat Khan was Nawab of Dacca, 
that is, he was Prince Azimushan’s Deputy. In 1701 the 
Emperor appointed Kar Talab Khan ”* to the post of Diwan of 
Bengal with the title of Murshid Kuli Khan. The latter’s suc- 
cessful administration of the revenues made Azimushan jeal- 
ous, and he endeavoured to procure his assassination in the 
streets of Dacca.’ This led to Murshid Kuli quitting Dacca (in 
1703) and setting up the Diwani offices in Mukhsusabad which 
as his Deputy, with Sar Baland Khan* to assist him. Soon 
afterwards, in 1706, Farukh Siyar himself left Dacca for Raj- 
ceased to be the headquarters of the Bengal Government, 
only a Naib Nazim remaining in charge, and sometimes at a later 
stage only the Deputy of a Naib Nazim. : 
On the accession of Bahadur Shah to the throne of Delhi 
Nazim of Bengal, but 
Jafir Khan by Farukhsiyar when he became Emperor, and ap- 
pointed Mirza Lutfullah, to whom he gave the title of Murshid 
1 See Wilson’s Old Fort William. ; . 
2 There used to be a mosque and Fish Bazar in Dacca pened DY the 
ame of Kartalab Khan. It was afterwards in possession of Ladli Begum, 
he mosque is still known by his name but 
in. 
+ This man acted as uty Nawab of Bengal once when Murshed 
Kuli Khan and Farukh Siyar went to the Emperor’s court. He rece ed 
a present from the English in return for a parwana for free trade. (See 
Wilson’s Early Annals, Vol. L) 
