242 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XVI, 
at Zafarnagar, — Shahgadh and Bhir for protecting 
the convoy of grain and fodder from Burhanpur to Parenda. 
(I, ii, 35.). Khaft Khan also twice mentions Zafarnagar (Bibl. 
Ind. Text, I, 489; II, 293) but tells us really nothing more 
than that Ramgir was a f‘aluga in the King of Gulkanda’s 
Suba of Zatarnagar. (E.D., VII, 315-6.).. The solitary reference 
in the ‘Alamgirnama is scarcely more illuminating. It gives 
us only the name of the person (Wazir Beg, Tradat Khan) who 
was appointed Qil‘adar of Zafarnagar in the third year of 
Aurangzeb’s reign (Bibl. Ind. Text, 567). A careful scrutiny 
of the ‘Maasiru-l- Umara discovers no less than fifteen passages 
in which Zafarnagar is alluded to. Twelve of these can be 
traced to the Badishahnama or some of the other authorities 
already cited and teach us nothing new. (Bibl. Ind. Text, I, 
186, 718, 743; II, 64, 261, 794; III, 6, 385, 401, 403, 443, 739.) 
But there are three others which are ‘exceedingly helpfal and 
deserve to be quoted in the original. In the first of them, we 
are informed that in 1030 A. HL, Raja Bikramajit asad to the 
ground the new town built by. Malik ‘Ambar at Kharki (near 
Daulatabad), and that ‘Ambar was obliged to make a humi- 
liating peace with the Mughals. . . . . & esl yt,5y 
daly op® Biyhe soyei waglo Giro) Sua Slee area l sal 
SSt ypntvo Blasy, jliF 2 yySd0 dyad aie ald pS) Guo 
* ot d5 Ko whys JSays ee ee sa be R ab, tT 5 ol 
Maasiru-l-Umara, IT, 191-2. 
“And. it was settled that........ the Raja should 
return to the Qasbah of Tamarni with the entire army and 
stay there. The Raja in accordance with the Shah’s [7.e. Prince 
Shah Jahan’s] commands, selected a spot in the vicinity of the 
abovementioned Qasbah on the bank of a river known as the 
Gharak-Purna, and laid the foundations of an exceedingly 
strong fortress of stone and mortar. He gave it the name of 
Zafarnagar, and spent the rainy season in that place.”’ 
the second passage, we are again informed that ‘‘ this 
sy éy25) Qasba of Tamarni is at present spoken of as 
Zafarnagar,” 2! 3) why ab JlsJt (IIT, 437, 1. 20). Lastly, 
we are told in the biographical account of Mustafa Khan 
Khwafi that “in the thirtieth year [of the reign of Shah 
Jahan] he was distinguished by being appointed to the 
governorship of the fortress of Zafarnagar, which is included 
in (lit. related to) the Balaghat of Berar, and is situated ata 
distoues of tewnty-eight koss from Aurangabad.” 
