94 Notes on Sirajuddaulah and the toivn of Murshiddhdd. [No. 2, 



for him, the dervish ran to the Governor of Rajmahal and gave 

 information. In the mean time Mir Muhammad Qasim Khan, a 

 relation of Mir Muhammad Ja'far, had arrived in search of Sirajud- 

 daulah, and having obtained the desired information, seized with the 

 aid of his men -the boats of the fugitive and captured Sirajuddaulah 

 with his companions. All the jewels and the money fell into his 

 hands. Thus was Sirajuddaulah in the power of men, to whom, 

 a week ago, he might have refused admission. He conjured them to 

 take all he had, but to spare his life and let him escape. But in vain. 

 On his .arrival as a prisoner in Murshidabad, Miran, known as Sadiq 

 'Ali Khan, the son of Mir Muhammad Ja'far, gave orders, that he 

 should be brought before him, and confined him in a dark and narrow 

 room of the palace. Miran desired his companions to kill him, but no 

 one came forward to do the black deed. At last a man was found of the 

 name of Muhammadi Beg, who bad been under obligations to Mahabat 

 Jang, the Nawab's grandfather, and had married a woman, whom 

 either the grandmother or the mother of Sirajuddaulah had brought 

 up. In consequence of this marriage he held an honorable position. 

 When this man came to Sirajuddaulah's room, the wretched prisoner 

 made all sorts of excuses, and reminded him of the obligations under 

 whicli he lay. But the cruel wretch, the second Yazid, would not 

 listen, struck him with the sword and killed him." 



" By Miran's order the body was thrown on an elephant and carried 

 about openly throughout the whole town, but was afterwards buried 

 in the grave of Mahabat Jang in Khushbagh, west of the palace of 

 Murshidabad, near the river. Some time afterwards Mahdi Ali Khan, 

 Sirajuddaulah's younger brother, was captured and tortured to death. 

 He lies buried by the side of his brother. 



" Sirajuddaulah had reigned for one year and four months, and was 

 killed in the end of the month of Shawwal 1170 A. H." 



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