154 W. Irvine—The Bangash Nawibs of Farrukhabdad. [No. 2; 
at the village of Saraiya in parganah Pahdra, outside the south-west 
corner of the city. Bakhshi Fakhr-ud-daula placed Muzaffar Jang, the 
Nawab’s son, on an elephant and took him to present his nazar to the 
Emperor. The title of Farzand Bahadur (afterwards cut on the young 
Nawab’s seal) was conferred at this interview. There being no money in the 
treasury, the Bakhshi melted down all the silver of the howdahs and other 
furniture and sold it for three lakhs of rupees. This sum with seven ele- 
phants and eleven horses was presented to the Emperor.* One lakh of 
rupees was obtained by Najaf Khan for arranging a settlement. After a 
halt of twenty-two days, Shah ’Alam marched to Nabiganj, where he waited 
nearly three months, till the arrival from Delhi of Mahaji Sendhia. 
Anecdotes showing Ahmad Khan’s habits and character. 
His full titles, as found on a cannon castin 1173 H. (August, 1759— 
August, 1760), which was still in existence in 1839, were as follows :—Bakh- 
shi-ul-Mamalik, Amir-ul-Umra, Ghazanfar-ud-daula, Muhammad Ahmad 
Khan, Bahadur, Ghazanfar Jang, Sardar-ul-Mulk, Zafar-i-iktidar, Sher-i- 
Hind, Bahadur, Ghalib Jang. To these may be added the title of Kaydm- 
ud-daula which was, according to the Zurtkh-i-Muzaffari, conferred in 1175 
Jae 
He seems to have had little natural energy or ambition; he was em- 
phatically one of those who, instead of achieving greatness, have greatness 
thrust upon them. In the course of our story we have seen repeatedly how 
his timidity or ill-timed scruples prevented him from pushing home a first 
success. After the battle of Ram Chatauni such was the state of conster- 
nation and want of preparation in the capital, that Ahmad Khan, had he 
not been turned off by fair words, could easily have made himself master 
of the Emperor’s person. He could then have played the part afterwards 
so successfully assumed, one after the other, by Ghazi-ud-din Khan, Najib 
Khan, Najaf Khan and the Mahrattas. Again, when Islam Khan, chela, 
was ’Amil of Kasganj, he made a successful raid into the upper Duab, and 
it is highly probable that, had he been strongly supported, he might have 
carried out his boast of making his master the actual master of Delhi and 
its sovereign. 
Stories are told of him in which it is hard to distinguish whether his | 
conduct was due to mere good nature or foolish simplicity. For instance, 
we are told that the Nawab had an extreme affection for new money. It 
was his habit to have the rupees spread out in the sun to prevent them 
getting black. Seated on a low stool, he watched them himself. When- 
ever he called for water or betel leaf or his hugga, the chelas would go in 
* Miftah-ut T., p. 529, and S-ul-M. (Lakhnau edition) at the top of page 981. 
