160 W. Irvine—TZhe Bangash Nawabs of Furrukhabdd. [No. 2, 
2. Daler Himmat Khan—Muzaffar Jang, who succeeded his father. 
He will be dealt with separately. 
3. Dil Daler Khan—He retired to Benares about 1786, eed the 
tradition is that he committed suicide there in January, 1799, at the time 
of Wazir ’Ali Khan’s rising. The story will be told in Part II. From 
the Agency records it appears, however, that he died on the 19th Sha’ban 
1214 H. (18th January 1800), fully a year after Wazir ’Ali’s insurrection. 
He left four sons and three daughters, whose names with their alliances 
and descendants will be seen from the genealogical table appended to this 
Part. 
4, Sitara Begam—She married Muhammad Zaman Khan, son of 
Murtazza Khan Barsiri, 7. e., the big-headed, fourth son of Nawab Muham- 
mad Khan. When she died, she was buried in the Kasim Bagh, beside her 
aunt, Roshan Jahan, eldest daughter of Nawab Muhammad Khan. She 
was supposed to share with her aunt the power of driving away evil spirits. 
Others point out her tomb in the Bihisht Bagh (see p. 157). 
Ahmad Khan's Chelas. 
According to the custom of the family, Nawab Ahmad Khan made 
about three or four hundred Hindu boys into chelas. Those who had charge 
of his territory acquired much wealth ; the rest who received only pay and 
gifts rose to no eminence. They were all known as Ghalib Bachha. 
1. Zw lfikar Khan—In Ahmad Khan’s time there were three men 
known as nawabs, at whose houses the “ zawbat” was played: 1st, Ahmad 
Khan himself, called the Bare nawab ; 2nd, Zu’lfikir Khan, called the Majhle 
nawab ; 8rd, Daim Khan called the Chhote nawdéb. Zw lfikar Khan’s titles 
were “ Sharf-ud-daula Zu’lfikar Khan Bahadur Shamsher Jang.” His seal 
bore the inscription— 
An kih dar bazte-pakash kuvvat khair dar est 
Az’atée Ahmadi khish Zw lfikér Haidar est. 
He was Nazim of parganah Shamsdbéd and had his head-quarters at 
’Aliganj, Tappa ’Azimnagar, (now in the Eta district). Up to 1839 a fine 
building, a bdgh, and women’s apartments existed there. He repaired all 
the dilapidations in the town wall and in the fort built there by Yakut 
Khan. 
2. Dédim Khan—Islim Khan, chela of Shamsher Khan, chela of 
Nawd4b Muhammad Khan, had two sons (1) Roshan Khan and (2) Daim 
Khan. The elder brother, Roshan Khan, was one of the courtiers of Nawab 
Ahmad Khin. When Daim Khan was six or seven years old, one day 
Roshan Khan took him in his pa/ki to the Nawab’s audience. The Nawab 
asked whose child he was. Roshan Khan replied, that he was his younger 
