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was detained at home by his own rebellious subjects. When Absan Bakht 

 and 'Iniad-ul-Mulk reached Sindh, the Kabul troops, hearing of the death 

 of Taimur Shah, returned to their home. 'Imad-ul-Mulk and Nasir Khan 

 Bihich went to Bahawalpur. In time a quarrel arose between the prince 

 and 'Imad-ul-Mulk, owing to many of the prince's companions being mean 

 and base fellows. The prince remained in Multan, where he became afflict- 

 ed with melancholy madness and passed the rest of his days there out of 

 his senses. Meanwhile 'Imad-ul-Mulk found his way to 'Ali Bahadur 

 Mahratta, son of Shamsher Bahadur, who had an army and some territory 

 in Bundelkhand. Prom him he obtained a grant of fifty-two villages, 

 which form the petty state, now known as Baoni, measuring about fifteen 

 miles across each way. It lies about 12 miles east of Kalpi, in a bend of 

 the river Jamna.* 'Imad-ul-Mulk died at Kalpi on the 10th Rabi II, 

 1215 H. (1st September 1800), when his age must have been about sixty- 

 eight. According to the orders contained in his will he was buried at the 

 shrine of Shekh Farid Shakkarganj atPakpatan.f His son, Nasir-ud-daula, 

 was in possession when the British occupied Bundelkhand in 1803, and to 

 him the grant was confirmed by the Governor- General's letter of the 24th 

 December 1806. The further history of the family will be found in the 

 Gazetteer, under the article Bdoni. 



By 'Umdah Begam, daughter of Mu'in-ul-Mulk, the son of Kamr-ud- 

 din Khan, who was Wazirfrom 1721 to 1749, he had one son called 'Ah Jah ; 

 and by Gunna, Begam, daughter of 'Ali Kuli Khan, Daghistani, poetically styl- 

 ed Walih, he had one son, Nasir-ud-daula. By another wife he had a son, 

 Ghulam Jalani Khan, who died at Delhi from eating ice. The Ma'asir-ul- 

 TJmra tells us that he had a large family, and one of his sons finding his 

 way to Haidarabad was, on account of his relationship to the reigning 

 house, made a Panj Hazari, with the title of Hamid-ud-daula and a money 

 allowance. 



Gunna Begam, 'Imad-ul-Mulk' s wife, came to Farrukhabad with him. 

 Herself a poet, she was the daughter of the poet, 'Ali Kuli Khan, known 

 as Walih. Her tomb is at Nurabad, sixty-three miles south of Agra and 

 fifteen miles north of Gwaliyar. It bears the short inscription " Alas ! 

 Gunna Begam" 1187 H (25th March, 1773— 14th March, 1774.) J 



2. Navodl) Khddim Hussain Khdn. 

 He had a house near that of Nawab 'Azim Khan, and when he died 

 he was buried in that house. He received ajdgir of Rs. 15,000. After 



* Gaz. N. W. P. I, 384 and Aitchison's Treaties III. 250, under the word Baoni. 

 f In the 1 Panjab, ten miles west of the Ravi — Thornton, 757. 

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