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near to Kanauj, all the Malirattas came out to meet him and prepared, 

 entertainments. After a stay of two days, he resumed his march to Far- 

 rukhabad. On reaching his destination he visited his father, and from him 

 he received the house of Ja'far Khan as his dwelling. After this the 

 Wazir came from Lakhnau to Kanauj ; thence taking with him Mulhar 

 Rao and Apa Sendhia, he moved by way of Itawah towards Delhi. 



Some time after this, Ahmad Khan sent Muhammad Jahan Khan to 

 Delhi, to fetch his wife and family. Dulhin Begam accordingly returned to 

 Farrukkabad. Then the Nawab's brothers, brother's sons, and chelas, with 

 their families, great and small, and all the ryots, returned each to his own 

 place of abode in the different quarters of the city. Sahib Begam, the 

 widow of Kaim Khan, also returned and took up her abode in the fort of 

 Amethi ; and Maliya Begam, the Bibi Sahiba, occupied the Buland Mahal,, 

 which had formerly been in the possession of her son, Kaim Khan. 



Ahmad Khan marries again. 

 As the Nawab's affairs were now prosperous, he gave himself up to- 

 amusement and pleasure and came to the determination to marry a new 

 wife. His courtiers told him of a young girl who was, they considered, fitted 

 to be his bride. A man of noble family by both parents, a descendant of 

 Nawab Khan Jahan Khan, who held high rank in the reign of Shahjalnin, 

 had by unstable fortune been reduced to poverty. By accident he had 

 taken up his abode in the town of Shamsabad. After a time, he had de- 

 parted from this world, leaving a widow and a young daughter, named 

 Khair-un-nissa. It so happened that Yakut Khan, Khan Bahadur, had 

 obtained this girl from the widow and had adopted her as his own. She 

 was still a virgin and living in the house of the deceased Khan. The 

 Nawab hearing this story fell in love with her without seeing her. He 

 sent for her and placed her in the Khas Mahal ; and, after the wedding 

 preparations were made, he was married to her. From that time he never 

 left her for a moment. These words were always on his lips — 



iShardb do-sdlah o mcfshuh sezdah sdlah, 

 Hamin has ast barde suhhat-i-saghir o Jcabir* 



" I like my wine two years old, and my mistress to be sixteen." 

 After a time, in the year 1171 H. (Sept. 1757 to Sept. 1758), a son was 

 born to her and gifts were distributed to the poor. The Nawab opened the 

 Kuran to search for the child's name. The letter D was the result. He then 

 sent for astrologers and ordered them to draw up the child's horoscope. The- 

 name fixed upon was Daler Himmat Khan. An announcement of the event 

 was sent to the Emperor with fitting gifts. There were great rejoicings 



