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and grants of land revenue ; the rest he would entertain in his army. The 

 Sayyad then said, that if such were the Wazir's intentions, then in his hum- 

 ble opinion it would be well to write parwdnahs to each man separately 

 under the Wazir's own seal. These parwdnahs should then be made over 

 to him, Mahbdb 'Alam, with a written order in such terms as to the Wazir 

 might seem meet. 



The Wazir directed Sayyad Manavvar to convey an order to his secre- 

 tary to make out parwdnahs, according to the instructions of Sayyad Mah- 

 bub 'Alam, to whom those written orders, when ready, were to be made over. 

 Kudrat 'Ali Khan and Mahbub 'Alam then took their leave and went to 

 the secretary. After the orders were written out, they were taken to the 

 Wazir for approval ; they were then delivered to Mahbub 'Alam at Mir 

 Kudrat Ali Khan's tent. 



Now Mir Muazz-ud-din, son of Shah Khatir-ud-din Gwaliyari, was a 

 brother's son of Higam-ud-din's father. He was in the direct employ of 

 the Emperor, but he happened to be present at that time in the Wazir's 

 camp. The Kudrat 'Ali Khan above referred to had a community of belief 

 with him, and looked up to him with great respect. The reason was, that 

 Kudrat 'Ali was a descendant of Sayyad Hasan Danishmand of Daipur. 

 This Sayyad Hasan Danishmand was himself a successor (Khalifa) of 

 Miran Hamid-ud-din Hazrat Muhammad Ghaus Gwaliyari. By chance. 

 Mir Muazz-ud-din paid a visit to Kudrat 'Ali Khan's tent. Mir Mahbub 

 'Alam, through the said Khan, had struck up a friendship with Sayyad 

 Muazz-ud-din, and in conversation he had learnt that he was a cousin of 

 Mir Hisam-ud-din, and was further his devoted friend. Accordingly, he 

 asked Muazz-ud-din to write a letter to Hisam-ud-din, asking why he was 

 throwing himself away in company with Ahmad Khan, who would soon be 

 slain or captured ; that on reading the letter, he should at once desert alone 

 to the other side, without caring for his property, which would be fully 

 replaced. As soon as he joined he would, by God's grace, be presented to 

 the Wazir, from whom he would receive a title and a grant of land revenue. 

 Mir Muazz-ud-din Khan, as requested, wrote a letter to the above effect, and 

 made it over to Mir Mahbub 'Alam. The latter also wrote letters from 

 himself to all his acquaintances of Mau and Shamsabad, stating that he had 

 interceded for them with the Wazir, who had promised to entertain them 

 all in his own service, in token of which he had caused shuhkas (notes) to 

 be written to them, impressed with his own special seal. He prayed them 

 to make no delay, but come over at once. Putting up together all the 

 parwdnahs and his own letters, he despatched them by a messenger in the 

 Wazir's employ, under the charge of his own private servant, Bhai Khan, 

 to Nawab Ahmad Khan's camp. 



