160 W. Irvine — The Bang ash JVatvdbs of FarruJchdbdd. [No. 2, 



2. Daler Himniat Khan — Muzaffar Jang, who succeeded his father. 

 He will be dealt with separately. 



3. Dil Daler Khan — He retired to Benares about 1786, and the 

 tradition is that he committed suicide there in January, 1799, at the time 

 of Wazir 'Ali Khan's rising. The story will be told in Part II. From 

 the Agency records it appears, however, that he died on the 19th Sha'ban 

 1214 H. (18th January 1800), fully a year after Wazir 'Adi's insurrection. 

 He left four sons and three daughters, whose names with their alliances 

 and descendants will be seen from the genealogical table appended to this 

 Part. 



4. Sitdra Begam — She married Muhammad Zaman Khan, son of 

 Murtazza Khan Barsiri, i. e., the big-headed, fourth son of Nawab Muham- 

 mad Khan. When she died, she was buried in the Kasim Bagh, beside her 

 aunt, Boshan Jahan, eldest daughter of Nawab Muhammad Khan. She 

 was supposed to share with her aunt the power of driving away evil spirits. 

 Others point out her tomb in the Bihisht Bagh (see p. 157). 



Ahmad Khdn , s Ghelas. 



According to the custom of the family, Nawab Ahmad Khan made 

 about three or four hundred Hindu boys into chelas. Those who had charge 

 of his territory acquired much wealth ; the rest who received only pay and 

 gifts rose to no eminence. They were all known as Ghalib Bachha. 



1. Zu'lfilcdr Khan — In Ahmad Khan's time there were three men 

 known as nawabs, at whose houses the " naubaf was played : 1st, Ahmad 

 Khan himself, called the Bare naiodb ; 2nd, Zu'lfikar Khan, called the Majhle 

 naiodh ; 3rd, Daim Khan called the Ghhote nawab. Zu'lfikar Khan's titles 

 were " Sharf-ud-daula Zu'lfikar Khan Bahadur Shamsher Jang." His seal 

 bore the inscription — 



An hih dar bdzue-pakash kuvvat Tcliair dar est 

 Az ''atde Ahmadi hhush ZiClfikar BZaidar est. 

 He was Nazim of parganah Shamsabad and had his head- quarters at 

 'Aliganj, Tappa 'Azimnagar, (now in the Eta district). Up to 1839 a fine 

 building, a bagh, and women's apartments existed there. He repaired all 

 the dilapidations in the town wall and in the fort built there by Yakut 

 Khan. 



2. Daim Khan — Islam Khan, chela of Shamsher Khan, chela of 

 Nawab Muhammad Khan, had two sons (1) Boshan Khan and (2) Daim 

 Khan. The elder brother, Boshan Khan, was one of the courtiers of Nawab 

 Ahmad Khan. When Daim Khan was sis or seven years old, one day 

 Boshan Khan took him in his palki to the Nawab's audience. The Nawab 

 asked whose child he was. Boshan Khan replied, that he was his younger 



