510 The Mausoleum of the Nawabs AliVerdi Khan. fyc. [No. 6. 



In the south verandah (g. PL II.) lies Lootf-oon-Nissa Begum, 

 the wife of Sooraj-ood Dowlah, who died on the 5th Assin A. H. 

 1197, corresponding to !8th September, 1790, A. D. This lady was 

 the companion of her husband in his flight from Moorshedabad to 

 Rajemahal after his defeat at Plassey. On the murder of the Nuwab, 

 she, together with the aged wife of Ali- Verdi Khan, and her four 

 grand-daughters Shuruf-oon Nissa,* Usmut-oon Nissa,f SehkeenahJ 

 and Oomut-il Mehndi were sent to Dacca by the Nuwab Meer Jaffier 

 Ali Khan, but after the expiration of ten years were recalled by the 

 Naib Muzuffir Jung in the reign of Moobarick-ood Dowlah. Mr. 

 Forster, writing in 1781, mentions the widowed Begum as frequently 

 visiting the tomb of her deceased husband and performing ceremonies 

 of mourning to his memory. She subsequently had charge of the 

 cemetery, with a monthly allowance for its care, and that of the tomb 

 of Hybut Jung at Patna, granted or rather re-allowed by Government 

 of Sa. Us. 305, with a further annual pension of Sa. Rs. 1,000, which 

 she obtained by personally representing her case to Warren Hastings 

 in Calcutta in 1787. These allowances were continued to her grand- 

 daughters, after her death, and have descended to the heirs of the 

 family, now in charge. 



In the east verandah, are the tombs of Mohut-ood-Ulli, and his 

 son (e. and f. PI. II.), cousins of Sooraj-ood Dowlah, also of another 

 cousin of this Nuwab, by name Mirza Mehndi. (d. PI. II.) 



Many of the records of Khooshbagh having been stolen by a former 

 mookhtyar of the gardens, who fled to the upper provinces with the 

 accumulated arrears of many months' salary belonging to the establish^ 

 ment, it is now difficult to discover, what posts these latter named 

 individuals held, nor do their names appear in History. 



At the western extremity of the mausoleum garden, stands the 

 small neatly built mosque and fountain frequented by the Moollahs of 

 the cemetery at the prescribed hours for prayer. 



The third enclosure (vide Plate I.) contains a tank on the borders 

 of which, stands a little dwelling house (9) called the Bythuk Khanah, 



* Married afterwards to Watijud-ally Khan, son of Ahbud Ali Khan. 

 •f Married afterwards to the Nuwab Syud Ahmud Khan Bahadoor Hosear Jung, 

 son of Nuwab Syud Mahomed Khan Bahadoor Shair Jung. 

 $ Married to Meerza Mahomed son of Meerza Mahomed Ali. 



