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would be extirpated from the imperial territory. The young Emperor, who 

 was entirely subservient to the Wazir, agreed to all his plans. 



At the end of Zi'l Hajj 1162 H. (November 1749), Ahmad Shah 

 marched from Delhi as far as Koil ; and Safdar Jang, leaving the Emperor, 

 advanced to Thana Daryaoganj in Parganah Azamnagar of the Eta district, 

 about thirty-five miles north-west of Farrukhabad.* He had with him 

 forty thousand Mughals from Iran under the command of his relations, 

 Mirza Nasir-ud-din Haidar, Nawab Sher Jang, Nawab Ishak Khan and 

 others. 



At the same time the Wazir ordered Rajah Naval Eae to march to 

 meet him without delay. This Naval Eae, the Wazir's Diwan or Bakhshi, 

 was a Saksena Kayath of the Chakwa and Parasna family, hereditary 

 Kanungoes of Parganah Etawah. He had risen by his own merits to be 

 deputy governor of the Subahs of Audh and Allahabad. He first was 

 brought into notice by Ratn Chand Banya, the Diwan of 'Abdullah Khan 

 and Husain Ali Khan (1712— 1721). f 



Naval Eae, leaving the Sarkar of Lakhnau, marched towards Farrukha- 

 bad. On the 16th Muharram 1163 H. (15th December 1749), after Eae 

 Earn Narayan had joined with 10,000 men, he crossed the Ganges. The 

 day afterwards he moved to the banks of the Kali four or five kos distant, 

 The next day Naval Eae and Nawab Baka-ullah Khan crossed by the ford. 

 and stood on foot side by side encouraging their men to exertion, the river 

 being in flood, with heavy rain falling and a cold north wind blowing. Sup- 

 plies were scarce and grain was the price of saffron. After a day spent in dry- 

 ing their things, the army marched to within three kos of Khudaganj, where 

 the Afghans were posted with a force estimated at 29,000 men and artillery. 

 Another march of one and a half kos was made, and hostilities were immi- 

 nent. Mir Muhammad Salah and Eajah Pirthi Pat were placed in the 

 van, Naval Eae himself led the main body, while the left wing was com- 

 manded by Nawab Baka-ullah Khan and the right by Eae Earn Narayan. 

 There were 25,000 horsemen, 100 elephants and innumerable camp followers • 

 and the camp stretched for five or six kos as far as the eye could reach. 

 Negotiations were, however, opened and the Pathans returned to Farrukha- 

 bad. On the 23rd Muharram (22nd Dec. 1749) Naval Eae was at Khuda- 



* One account says lie camped at Surajpur, but I do not know where that villae-e 

 is. 



f S-ul-M. 875, Hisam-ud-din, and Gaz. N. W. P. IV. 307. See also the Hadi- 

 Jcat-iil-AJcdlim, third Clime, under Sarkar Lakhnau, as to the founding of Naval °-ani 

 and Khushalganj. Under Itdwah it is stated that Naval Rae was born at Khaksis (?) 

 He left a son, Khushal Rae, who was subsequently naib of Allahabad under Asaf- 

 ud-daula. 



