96 W. Irvine—Zhe Bangash Nawdbs of Farrukhabad. [No. 2, 
favourable to Nawab Ahmad Khan. They requested that a trusty messen- 
ger might be sent to the Nawab to lay the matter before him on their part. 
Nawab Ghairat Khan selected his brother Alaf Khan. Alaf Khan went 
and represented to Nawab Ahmad Khan, that ten lakhs would be paid, and 
that Pali and Sandi would be added to his former territory. As soon as he 
heard the words, Ahmad Khan said that, if the Wazir paid ten krors of 
rupees as the price of his brother’s blood, never would he accept it, nor if 
twenty sons of the Wazir were slain, would he be satisfied, He declined to 
treat, and left it to the decision of the sword— 
“ Har kih shamsher zanad sikka ba-nam-ash khwand.” 
Nor let them think that he was invested in that fort, for he was ready at 
any moment to meet them in the open field. His defeat of the Wazir had 
passed into a proverb ; as for Suraj Mall Jat, he was the same who had been 
unable to stand up against him before, and in company with the Wazir had 
taken to flight. By God’s favour, after victory they would see him act as an 
honorable and brave man should act. Till their fate had been tried in battle, 
what peace could there be. If he gained the day, he would attain his desires, 
if the fates were against him, he bowed to the will of the Most High; but 
the blood of Ghazanfar Jang’s sons should never be sold for gold. He 
then gave Alaf Khan his dismissal, and presented him with a dress of hon- 
our, a horse, and a sword. 
Soon after Alaf Khan had departed, messengers brought word that 
next day Nawab Sa’dullah Khan would march up and encamp on the bank 
of the Ganges. Orders were accordingly given to Nawib Mahmtd Khan 
and Manavar Khan Sahibzidah to go out to weleome him. At one watch 
before sunrise those two chiefs started, as directed, to meet and escort 
Nawab Sa’dullah Khan. 
Next day the army of Sa’dullah Khan, with swords drawn and drums 
beating, came into sight. It is said they were twelve thousand in number.* 
All the Pathains and Rohelas, and the soldiers in all directions, out of joy 
and delight at sight of this reinforcement, began firing off their guns. 
They were so puffed up with pride and became so haughty that they remem- 
bered not God. Sayyad Asad ’Ali Shah with several men, among others 
Hisim-ud-din Gwiliyéri, was seated on theriver’s bank watching the arrival 
of the army of Nawab Sa’dullah Khan. As the holy man’s glance fell 
upon the troops on the further side of the river, he became suddenly agitat- 
ed, and falling into a deep reverie, he exclaimed, ‘“ Slain and defeated.” 
When he returned to his ordinary state, he said that the joy and rejoicing 
of these men had not found acceptance, they would see what the morrow 
should bring forth. 
* Life of Hafiz Rahmat Khan, p. 40. 
