364. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [November, 1908. 
At Pahari, Sher Afkan Khan, Panipati, the fauj dar of 
Korah and Jahan abad, subak Allahabad, also marched in and 
joined the imperialists. When near Agrah, on his way ea 
Allahab:id to his gayirs at Sikandrah, he had met some messen- 
gers riding from Court, and asked the news. They t told a that 
two we) * evenly Husain ‘Ali Khan had been killed. ishhal 
Cand, was r his elephant, saw his face flush an joy at 
the ee ‘of Mubammad Shah, the son of his old master, 
Jahan Shah. Not long after this, a letter came to him from 
Nawab Qudsiyah, the emperor’s mother, written own 
hand, in which he was a ee: with the BERhet s mcoiuety: = 
Other arrivals were Ba ayazid Khan, Mewati a pow 1 man 
that country, and Khema, Jat, one of (urdman’s chief niiaue: 
This Jat was placed in charge of the imperial rear guard. 
One of Muhammad Shah’s first task had been the issue of 
reassuring letters to the peveeieres’ governors, and demands for 
reinforcements from those known to be opposed to the pelle 
ac ng 
Girdhar Bahadur, Rajah Jai Singh, Sawae, and ‘Abd- ; 
Khan, the governor of Lahor. To a certain extent these letters 
no 
pepeeres in ia “ Praise be to God! Husain ‘Ali Khan has 
obtained the punishment of his deeds and the penalty <a his 
— t Khan appearing as the “ Devoid of 
Honour.”3 Gasenr ‘Ali Khan’s head was sent with the letter to 
Nizam-nl-mulk, and that noble was called upon to march at once 
to join His Majesty. Girdhar Bahadur, Jai Singh, and ‘Abd-us- 
samad Khin were, in the same way, urged to join as soon as 
possible.* 
= answer to these orders Rajah Jai Singh, instead of com- 
ing in person, sent his diwain, Jag Ram, with a force of three or 
four eae men, horse and foot, and wrote that he was busy 
enlisting more men, »nd as soon as this was finished he would 
attend himself. Abd-ue-samad Khan replied that without delay 
he had begun to prepare for a march. But lately he had been 
forced to suppress a revolt by Husain Khan, head of the Afghans 
of Qastr, and for the pay of the troops he had enlisted on that 
service ie still owed four lukhs of rupees. The soldiers had 
mwar Khin, 237, eee Das. 574. Khafi Khan, IT, 900, 920, Khish. 
bal Siainil: Berlin | MS. £. For the purganas named ve Ain, II, 176, 
177, 178, 179, and ** Oudh aaa I, 274; II, 72; III, 50, 29 
2 For one of these furmans see Mujm a’ -ul-insha ‘onto serge. 
p. 85, to the effeet thar H.A.K. wi ua killed on the 6th Za,l Hijjah of t 
nd year, when Gha eos Khan and “Mir Mushrif attacked the imperial plo 
but “ repnised and s 
8 Be-ghuirat. a poh upon 
4 Bhia Dasa, 49% et seqq. a ag ‘aa gives the farmdéns and — in 

