1879.] W. Irvine—The Bangash Nawabs of Farrukhabdd. 163 
He then wrote to the Pathans of Mau, Kaimganj and Shamsabad, call- 
ing for men to take service. Any one between twelve and sixty years of 
age might present himself, and the Amil’s message was, that if he refused to 
employ them, on him should be the curse ; if they failed to come, on them let 
it be. In one month he had collected five thousand men. He then marched 
from Kasganj towards Marahra and began to plunder the villages of the 
Hathras* and Mursin Rajahs,} both now in the Aligarh district. The peo- 
ple began to ask what sort of a Tahsildar this was who, instead of looking 
after his parganah, got together an army and went to war. 
It was reported to Nawab Ahmad Khan that Islam Khan, having levied 
a lakh of rupees from the Kasganj money-lenders by threats of imprison- 
ment, had started with an army, and had already plundered the Jat of Mur- 
' san. It was said that he had reached Firtizabad ;{ that he had surrounded 
it with his horsemen and had not retired till he had received twenty thou- 
sand rupees. 
Nawab Ahmad Khan sent a parwanah to Islam Khan by a camel rider’s 
hand, saying he had only intended to provide him with enough to live on, 
what was this that he had done? By entering another’s territory and 
plundering in all directions, he had caused disgrace to his master’s name. 
Islam Khan’s reply was, that the Nawab had no reason to be dissatisfied, 
for in two months he would seat him on the throne of Delhi. His army 
had risen to close upon ten thousand men. 
The Rajah of Hathras wrote to complain of the invasion, and the Nawab 
replied, that the slave had rebelled, and the Rajah should punish him. On 
receiving this reply, the Rajah of Hathras called on the Rajah of Bhartpur, 
a Jat and related to him, for the aid of his troops. The Rajah of Bhart- 
pur sent one thousand men to Hathras. There were several encounters 
with Islam Khan’s troops, and numbers were killed on both sides. At 
length Islam Khan’s army was defeated, and all his money was used up. 
Then Islam Khdn mounted his Irani mare, and rode in one day from near 
Mursin to Farrukhabid. On hearing that he had arrived, the Nawab sent 
for him and enquired why he had behaved like a scoundrel in plundering 
the country. His answer was, that he had determined to take Delhi and 
seat the Nawab upon the Imperial throne, but fate had not so willed it 
The Nawab was forced to smile, and after a long time he was restored to 
his post of Bakhshi. Meanwhile his army, on being left to itself, dispersed. 
They say that this chela was by caste a Kalar (spirit-dealer). His 
* Gaz. N. W. P. II, p. 429. 
t+ Gaz. N. W. P. II, p. 435. 
} This cannot be the place of that name between Agra and Etawah, and I know 
of no other, 
