82 W. Irvine—ZLhe Bangash Nawébs of Farrukhdbad. [No. 2, 
him. Some reinforeements were sent to him and he was joined by Akbar 
Shah, Rajah of ’Azimgarh, and Shamsher Jahan, zamindar of Mahaul, 
twenty-three miles north-west of ’Azimgarh. The army was assembled at 
Akbarpur,* and the small fort of Sarhanptr near the camp was taken after 
a siege of fifteen days. An advance was then made against Jaunpur, and 
after six hours’ fighting the assailants effecting an entrance made themselves 
masters of the place. Sahib Zaman Khén still delayed his advance, and turned 
off towards Nizamabad, thirty-two miles north-east of Jaunpir. After the 
compromise with Balwant Singh already related, Sdhib Zamén Khan with 
Haji Sarfaraz Khan advanced to take possession of the country north of the 
Ganges, Not long after this Ahmad Khan, on the approach of Safdar Jang 
and the Mahrattas, beat a retreat to Farrukha4bdd. Balwant Singh then 
marched from Gangapur, some miles west of Banaras, to Maridht, twelve miles ~ 
south of Jaunpur, and made a demand on SA4hib Zamén Khé&n for a return 
of the territory. The contending parties met in battle array, when Balwant 
Singh’s Afghan leaders refused to fight against their fellow-countryman, , 
Sahib Zaman Khan, now that his power was gone. Balwant Singh thus 
found it advisable to negociate. Sahib Zam4n Khan then pitched his tent at 
Chandipur, and next day, a riot about arrears of pay having broken out, 
he started alone for Azimgarh. Balwant Singh then plundered his house. 
Not feeling safe in Azimgarh, Sdhib Zaman Khan went on to Bettiah,f 
where the Rajah gave him shelter. After sometime he returned to Jaunpur 
and was reinstated by Balwant Singh. On his death he was succeeded 
by his sons, but they were not men of any mark.t 
The story goes that, when the approach of the Pathdns was heard of 
in Banaras, the leading money-lenders went out as far as Philpur, some 
eight os or more from Banaras, and offered a tribute of two krors of 
rupees on condition that the Pathans did not enter their city. Even in a 
dream, they said, if they saw a Pathén a long way off, they began to trem- 
ble. The two krors were accepted and the Pathdns retraced their steps.§ 
Siege of Futchgarh and flight of the Nawab. 
The Wazir after his defeat at Ram Chatauni returned to Delhi on the 
29th Shawal (20th September, 1750). He found the Emperor had been 
put strongly against him. He was much cast down and for many days 
never left his private apartments, passing most of the day reclining with 
his hand over his face, At length his wife roused him to exertion and 
* Perhaps the Akbarpur in the Faizabad district about 48 miles north of Jaunpur, 
+ Across the Gandak river in the Champdaran district. 
{ Curwen’s translation of the Balwantnamah, pp. 25-29, 
§ ’Amadd-us-Sa’dat, p. 50, from line 1, 
