1879.] W. Irvine—Zhe Bangash Nawibs of Farrukhabdd. 63 
The Sayyads succeeded in repulsing the Pathans, who fled some distance. 
Ahmad Khan cursed them and cried out—‘ Have you brought me here 
“only to see you run away, to-morrow your wives will be dishonoured and 
“ yourselves stripped naked.” Then he drew his knife, intending to sacri- 
fice his life, as he disdained to leave the place alive. Rustam Khan Afrfdj 
and other leading Pathans dissuaded him. The Nawab replied that, since 
they had come to fight to the death, they must all dismount and precede him 
on foot, he should then know that they meant to slay or be slain. The 
Path4ns consented, and they all dismounted. It is well known that when a 
horseman dismounts to fight on foot, the case is desperate and he will then 
neither give nor receive quarter. The Pathans made themselves ready by 
tying the skirts of their heavy plaited coats (jaémah) round their waists, 
and taking shield and sword in hand, they advanced to renew the attack. 
Some of the Sayyads were killed, the rest fled and the battery was cleared. 
The whole of the Pathans thus made their way into the enemy’s camp, and 
penetrated to Naval Rae’s enclosed tents (swrdcha) where the troops were 
few, the main body being distributed from point to point to guard the 
batteries. A messenger reported to Naval Rae that the Pathans having 
driven back the Sayyads had entered the camp. Their weapons were now 
clashing at his own entrancedoor. As Naval Rae never went out without 
saying his prayers, after hearing the report he sat down to worship, saying, 
“ Tt is no matter, I will soon seize the whole of these vegetable sellers in 
“the corner of my bow.” ‘The messenger came and made a second report, 
shouting out disrespectfully, “O youidiot! Here yousit while the Pathans 
“ cut down the enclosure to your tent.”” Thus urged to action Naval Rée 
armed himself. ‘Then he sent for and mounted one of the two elephants, 
which stood at his door day and night caparisoned with cloth of gold how- 
dahs. We had two quivers full of arrows attached to his howdah and two 
bows. Putting two arrows at a time into his bow, he sent them at the 
Pathdns, calling out ‘“ Mér more sére kunjron ko’ (kill me all these vege- 
table sellers.) Fighting was still going on when the day broke on Friday 
morning, the 10th Ramzan. On this side Ahmad Khan was seated up in 
his palki, protected by the Pathans with their shields, lest some bullet or 
arrow should hit him. There were fifty or sixty Kahars to carry the palki 
and one of them was wounded by a spent ball. 
Rustam Khan and Muhammad Khin Afridi,* with one thousand horse 
and four thousand foot, had meanwhile come up to the spot where Naval 
Rae was standing in a group of three or four hundred men, with six or 
seven elephants. They paid little attention to this small group, and advan- 
ced in search of Naval Rae. They had gone only a few paces when a 
* Amad-us-Sa’dat. p. 47, half way down, 
