1879.] W. Irvine — The Bangash Nawdbs of FarruhMMd. 129 



Kamr-ud-din Khan Ttimad-ud-daula. 'Imad-ul-Mulk's career from 1752 to 

 1760* is sufficiently well known. From tlie date, however, when he ceased 

 to play a prominent part, we are told nothing more of him than that he took 

 refuge in one of Suraj Mall's fortresses. In one work we are told that he was 

 found by Colonel Goddard at Surat in 1790 ;f and that, by order of the 

 Supreme Government, he was sent off to Mecca, whence he never returned. 

 How far this statement is correct will presently be shewn. The Khizdna 

 *Amira, which was written in 1762-1763, naturally concludes 'Imad-ul- 

 Mulk's story by leaving him hiding in the Bhartpur country. But there 

 can be no doubt that his family and friends were sent to Farrukhabad, and 

 that from at least the year 1762 he himself lived there constantly. The 

 quarter of the city where he lived, near the Kadiri gate, is still known as 

 the Chaoni or encampment of Ghazi-ud-din Khan. The income of Parga- 

 nah Bilhor, said to amount to Rs. 12,000 a month, was allotted to him by 

 Ahmad Khan during his stay in Farrukhabad. 



In 1771, when Ahmad Khan died, and the Emperor Shah 'Alam was 

 approaching Farrukhabad, Ghazi-ud-din Khan, fearing vengeance for the 

 murder of Alamgir II, the Emperor's father, thought it advisable to quit 

 that city. He left his relations and servants there and started with a few 

 faithful retainers. We do not know how the interval was passed, but the 

 Ma? asir-ul-TTmra says, that in 1187 H. (March 1773 — March 1774), he ap- 

 peared in Malwa, where the Mahrattas gave him several mahals for his 

 support. We learn from the Tdri7cli-i-Muzqffari that he was found by 

 Colonel Goddard at Surat in February 1780. Thence he was despatched 

 on a pilgrimage to Mecca. Returning by Basrah, he travelled to Kabul 

 and Kandahar, where he visited the ruler, Taimur Shah, son of Ahmad 

 Shah Durrani. At that time the prince Ahsan Bakht, son of the 

 Emperor Shah 'Alam, who, after the blinding of his father by Ghulam 

 Kadir Khan (June 1788), had escaped from Delhi, and had wandered homeless 

 through Rajputana, past Jainagar, Bikaner, and Multan, arrived at 

 Taimur Shah's court. Out of regard for him as a descendant of the great 

 Taimur, as a relation of Shah 'Alam, and as a guest, to whom the rights of 

 hospitality were due, the king treated him with consideration. He sent some of 

 his own troops to accompany the prince and 'Imad-ul-Mulk towards Multan, 

 promising to march soon in person for the conquest of Hindustan. Shortly 

 after this the king died! and was succeeded by his son, Zaman Shah, who 



* Elphinstone, 651—659. 



f A mistake for 1780. See Wilson's Mill, VI, 37 note, from which the statement 

 is taken. 



% Taimur Shah died on the 7th Shuwwal 1207 H. 18th August 1793. (TdHJch-i- 

 Ahmad of 'Abd-ul-Karim.) 



