
544 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [| November, 1908. 
‘‘ represented the matter contrary to the truth and induced His 
‘‘ Majesty to be displeased with me. I thank God that the truth 
" “has been re-established and my word accepted. A report in 
‘ answer to the farmdan is enclosed, and I trust it may be brought 
‘forward at 1 proper moment. By God’s aid I will soon reach» 
2 “ Aurangabad, whence I will forward S haiaed family and your other 
‘ belongings with the greatest care.’ 
(THe Batrte wits ‘Atim Ai Kuan. | 
On the 5th Shawwal (9th August 1720), leaving his baggage 
in Balapur, Nizam-ul-mulk ranged his army in order of ba ttle at 
a distance of two or three kos from that town.2 To the advanced 
guard were appointed Mhd. Ghiyas Khan, Muhammad Shah, com- 
manding the artillery, Shekh Nirullab, his brother, Yalburz 
Khan, Aghariyah, Anwar Khan and others On the right, where 
the opposing Mahrattahs showed in the greatest strength, were 
posted ‘Iwaz Khan and Jamalullah Khan, his son. With the 
main body and left wing were Ghazi-ud- din Khan, the Nawab’s 
eldest son, Marahmat Khan, Ni‘mat-ilahi, ‘Abd-ur-rabim Khan 
(Ra‘dyat Khan), Mutawassil Khan, Sa‘id- -ud-din Khan,* 
Dad Khan, Darab Khan and Kamyab Khan (two sons of Jan 
Nigar. Khan), Ikhtisas Khan (grand-nephew of Khan ‘Alam, 
Dakhini), Rahullah Khan, Mutahavvar Khan, with many Gather 
nobies and Rajput js eg The command of the rear guard, with 
charge of the baggage, was made over to Rambha, Nimbalkar, 
wid Ambia Ji, the desmu oy ot parganah Sanesar.® 
On the other side ‘Alim ‘Ali Khan, mounting his elephant 
ant taking his own place in the centre, with Ghiyas-ud- din Khan 
in the seat behind him, sent forwar oi his artillery, supported by 
fourteen or fifteen thousand horsemen from the Karnatik. The 
battle began on the 6tb Shawwal 1132 H. (10th August 1720), the 
first movement being made by Nizam-ul-mulk. ‘Alim ‘Ali Khan 

ground without hitting any one. The first shot returned by 
Nizam-ul- mulk fell close to the elephant on which Latif if Khan 


1 Shi Das, 4 
2 The Berar Gutter, 163, says the besa field as between the villages 
of eae and Pim i Ganli , close to Balapur town (Akola district), long, 
75° 80’, lat. 20° 4) The Sinnnib-i-Dathin, 133. aowcrtds oe as in the 
ta*lugah _ Pain Ghat in te Bar nang Kha an, 226, savs it was dar 
sawad-i-Balaghat. According t 3 the. Berar Gazetteer, Berar Bil. ighat is the 
country above the Ajanta ridge, sloping Aa south: ‘to the ghats or passes 
bi ea d val to it, while Barar Painghat lies between the eanrice te hills 
n the Mae he and the onter scarps of the Ajonti hills on the south. 
+ Michainie ad Saah (wounded) and his brother Nirullah (killed), see 
M-ul- e Tr, 708, under Shuja‘t Khan (Mhd Shah, Faraqi, killed 1150-1737). 
Yalburz Khan is possibly the elder brother of Khwajam Quli Khan, see 
M-ul-U, I, 834. 
# Ac cording to Ghulam ‘Ali Khan, i aren rig i- Shah ‘Alam- ern 
f. 345, this man was the father of Sa‘d-ud-din Khan, an 
and Mir Atash in the a of ‘Alamgir Sani. ~ The Acros was Ghulam ‘Ali 
Khan’s own father-in-law 5 Khafi Khan, II, 889, 

