112 W. Irvine — The Bangasli Nawdhs of FarruJcJidldJ. [Juke, 



bent over the side of the head above the small loreal. Upper labials 8, third, 

 fourth and fifth entering the orbit, 1 prse-, 2 post-oculars. Body surrounded 

 by alternating light and dark rings with irregular margins. From the 

 Cinchona plantations, British Sikkim : one specimen. 



4. — The Bangash Nawdhs of Farruhhdhdd. A Chronicle (1713-1857), 

 Part I. — By William Irvine, C. S. 

 (Abstract.) 

 The founder of the family, Nawab Muhammad Khan Ghazanfar- Jang 

 was born, between 1665 and 1670, at Mau-Rashidabad, near Kaimganj, 

 twenty-one miles west of Farrukhabad. He was the second son of Malik 

 Zain Khan, a Kaghzai Kaolani Pathan of the Bangash tribe, who settled 

 in that town in the reign of Aurangzib-Alamgir (1658-1707). His early 

 years were passed as a commander of free-lances in Bundelkhand. In 

 1713, he joined the standard of Farrukhsiyar and fought in the van at the 

 battle of Samogar. After the victory he was made a Commander of Four 

 Thousand and received jdgirs in Bundelkhand. In 1714, he founded 

 Kaimganj, Muhammadabad and Farrukhabad, having obtained a grant of 

 the parganahs of Shamshabad and Bhojpiir. After the murder of Husain 

 'All Khan Barha, again espousing the winning side, he fought under 

 Muhammad Shah in the battle of November 1720, where 'Abdullah Khan 

 Kutb-ul-Mulk was defeated and captured, Muhammad Khan was advanced 

 to be a Panj-Hazdri and subsequently to the rank of Haft-Sazdri. He 

 was governor of Allahabad (1722-1730), of Malwa (1731), and again of 

 Allahabad (1735). He died at an advanced age on the 9th December 1743, 

 and was buried in the Hayat Bagh, outside the Mau gate of Farrukhabad. 

 He had twenty-two sons. 



The eldest son, Kaim Khan, succeeded and ruled for five years. At 

 the instigation of Safdar- Jang, wazir of Ahmad Shah, he invaded Rohil- 

 khand, and on the 23rd November, 1748, he was killed, with most of his 

 chief men, in the battle fought at Dauri-Rasulpur, a few miles south-east 

 of Badaon. Imam Khan, a younger brother, succeeded, but six months 

 afterwards he was made a prisoner by the wazir and sent to Allahabad, 

 where his life with that of four brothers was taken. The territory was re- 

 sumed by the wazir and made over to his deputy. Raja Naval Rae, 

 Kayath. Not long afterwards the Pathans rose and on the 1st August 

 1750, headed by Ahmad Khan, second son of Nawab Muhammad Khan, 

 they defeated Naval Rae on the banks of the Kali river near Khudaganj, 

 seventeen miles south-east of Farrukhabad. Naval Rae was shot in the head. 

 Meanwhile the wazir in person was approaching from Dilhi. The decisive 

 battle was fought on the 13th September, 1750, at a place called Ram- 



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