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leaves (s@g), pumpkins (kaddu%) and the like. The horses got little or 
no grass or grain. ! 
Towards the end of Shawwal (29th-28th November 1712), while 
Farrukhsiyar was still at a distance of thirteen or fourteen kos, 
A‘zau-d-din proceeded to throw up entrenchments at Kajwah. Being 
the site of ‘Alamgir’s victory over Shuja‘ in January 1659, this place 
was looked on as one of good omen. The ditch that they dug round 
their position was some fifteen feet wide and ten feet deep, but without 
water. The earth dug ont was thrown up in the inner side, forming a 
protection of about the height ofa man. On this earthwork guns were 
placed and one large mortar. The approaches were so defended, that 
they believed it quite impossible for any enemy to reach those inside. 
Their intention was to keep within cover, and if an attack were made, 
to reply by artillery fire alone. ® 
During this time Farrukhsiyarcontinued his advance from Allahabad. 
His force is variously estimated : some putting it at 25,000 horse, some 
at 50,000 horse and 70,000 foot. He reached Sarae Choli on the 19th 
Shawwal (18th November 1712), was at Hathganw on the 20th, 
Amrati on the 21st, Sarge Manda on the 22nd, Chéda Abinagar on 
the 23rd, Kunwarpur on the 24th, and Roshanabad on the 25th. 
Here he learnt that the enemy were entrenched at Kajwah, at a 
distance of about five miles. Next day they advanced to ‘Aqilabad. 
Here a new adherent appeared in the person of Muhammad Khan, 
Bangash, at the head of 4,000 or 5,000 horsemen, chiefly Afghans. 
For some years this man, a native of Mau on the Ganges, in Parganah 
Shamsabad of the Agrah s#bah, had lived as a soldier of fortune in 
Bundélkhand, hiring out himself and his men, first to one and then to 
another of the large zamindars, between whom there raged interminable 
quarrels about their lands and their boundaries. Muhammad Khan 
changed sides as often as he thought it of advantage to himself. Lately 
he had presented himself in prince A‘zzu-d-din’s camp, in the hope of 
employment and reward. Disgusted with what he saw there, he felt it 
more prudent to transfer his services, and now joined Farrukhsiyar. 
He was presented through Sayyad ‘Abdu-llah Khan and taken into the 
prince’s service. 3 
1 Tjad, 71 a ; Khafi Khan, II, 716; Khushbal Cand, 3916; Yahya Khan 120 a. 
The straits for money in which Farrukhsiyar was can be seen from his short private 
notes to Chabélah Ram in Aj‘aibu-l-afak (B. M., Or. 1776) fol. 19 b, 29 b, etc. 
2 Vjad, 77 a; Khafi Khan, II, 698, 716; Elphinstone, 530. k 
j 8 Khafi Khhan, II. 715; Ijad, 776; Khushhal Cand, 392 a. Hathganw is about 19 
m., Sarae Manda about 114m. east of Fathpur; Chéda Abunagar I identify (thanks 
to my friend Mr. C. Rustomjee, c. s.) as a suburb of Fathpur itself. The'other plices 
are not traced. 
