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Vol. IV, No. 1.] Note on the Shrine of Taunsa. 25 
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This Governor with his son, Malraj, became devoted followers of 
the Khwaja Sahib. 
awab Bhawal Khan [II and his family were also amongst 
e i ____ the disciples of the Khwaja Sahib. The 
mer ada Khan Nawab wished to grant him a jda-gir for 
; e extension of the Jlangar; but the 
Khwaja Sahib for certain reasons declined. The Nawab then sanc- 
tioned a money grant for the maintenance of the langar, and fixed 
allowances for those connected with the langar as well as for the 
needy, and there are still some living who are recipients from this 
Shah Shuja‘ Durani once came to the Khwaja Sahib request- 
* wis - . ing him to supplicate the Deity on his 
— Shuja* Durani. behalf! but ri he could or conceal 
his royal arrogance in his speech and as his plans were not for the 
public good, he had to return unsuccessful. 
The Multani Pathans, who were then rulers of Dera Isma‘l 
sis “ Khan, were all disciples of the Khwaja 
ee oe Sahib ; and the Khwaja Sahib was evera 
loyal subject to the Government of the time, During the Sikh 
rule, he did nothing to offend, and the Governors treated him well. 
en, with view to curb the increasing influence of 
Mulraj, the British attacked Multan, the Pathan ruler of Dera 
Isma‘il Khan sought the Khwaja Sahib’s advice. He was 
Multan, which counsel he was wise enough to follow. From that 
Bhawal Khan, and of costly medicines sent by the Nawab him- 
self, he breathed his last on Thursday before day-break— 

1 Mannat muréd mangn4. 
2 By Delhi Wahhabis, the anthor means those Wahhabis of Patna and else- 
where that had settled amongst the Pathans across the border. Their leader 
was Sayyid Ahmad of Rai Bareli. The British took the side of Ranjit Singh. 
