156 W. Irvine—Zhe Bangash Nawdbs of Farrukhabdd. [No. 2, 
Then he would receive a present in cash and goods, to the amount that his 
fate had willed for him. 
The Nawab is said to have had a peculiar affection for the tune (rdq) 
known as Bihdg. On his birthday the singing women and male dancers 
(Lhakta) were assembled from every part of the territory. About nine 
o’clock in the evening, the Nawab used to come to the Diwdn-khana, with 
all his most costly jewels on, seated in his fringed palki “ Fath-nasib.” 
(Fated to Victory.) This palki got its name from being the one used by 
the Nawab during the battle, in which he totally defeated ’Abd-ul-Manstir 
Khan, Safdar Jang. At the side of the palki walked all the leading 
Pathans and the Nawab’s cousins and nephews. There was a general illu- 
mination and discharge of fireworks. At this time no other kind of singing 
was allowed except the Bihdg. 
The Nawab’s taste was for highly decorated buildings, and where he 
slept, he had the walls adorned with pictures of himself and his friends. 
During his time he built six palaces. 1st, The Khas Mahal, where in 
1839 Bibi Achhpal (widow of Muzaffar Jang) lived, and its doors, said to 
be copied from those of Harbong’s foot at Jhisi, still showed the decorated 
work. 2nd, The Mubarik Mahal. 8rd, The Saldbat Mahal. It was 
situated at the back of the Moti masjid. Originally the doors and ceilings 
were gilt, but before 1839 the colour had been scraped off and taken away 
to extract the gold from it. 4th, The Hall of Audience in the Mubdarik 
Mahal, occupied in 1839 by Wilayati Begam, widow of Nawab Nasir Jang 
(1796—18138). 5th, The Kamdani gate of the fort. A stone, removed 
from this gateway in 1858-9, is preserved at the Sadr Tahsil ; it is in shape 
like a milestone, and bears the following inscriptions in raised letters : 
I. Zahi bab daulat bar afrashtand Bind-ash chi kutb-i-falak sakhtand 
Bari ni razed ’z charkh barin Ohi: bardn-i-rahmat barie-zamin 
Matin muhkam o ustwar émdah Chi uftad falaki karar dmdah 
Mah o sil dn hatif dil-nawdz Bagufta “ Dar-i-faiz didam baz.” 
(1172). 
Il. Nawab in darwizah ra tamir chi farmidah ast 
Yak hazir yak sad haftad isna bidah ast. 
Gth, Some buildings and repairs to a fort at Mau Rashidabad, which has 
now entirely disappeared. 
The Nawab also paid attention to repairing the fort, restoring the city 
wall and renewing the Haiydét Bagh, where Muhammad Khan, his father, 
and Kaim Khan, his brother, were interred. In the open space between the 
fort wall and the gate of the Diwdn Khana he put up a Giuldl-bar (a royal 
pavilion.)* There the leaders and commanders and lieutenants came and, 
* See Blochmann’s “ Ain i Akbari,’’ Vol, I, plate X for a representation of one, 
