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Rajah of Durang, and the mother of the Rajah of Diimuriah, and dismissed 
them to their homes. Badli Phukan was to have a Parganah in Bengal, 
with a revenue of 3000 Rs. On the 14th, Dilir Khan arrived from Lak’hugar, 
bringing eight more elephants with him. 
Rashid Khan, who had formerly declined the office of Faujdar of 
Karnriip, received from his Majesty a reprimand. He now accepted the 
office, and was appointed to it by the Nawab. Muhammad Beg, the former 
Faujdar of Gawahattl, who was a servant of the Nawab, was appointed 
Tlianahdar of Kajli, under Rashid Khan. 
The Nawab, though very ill, settled several financial matters of great 
importance, and left Gawahatti on the 26tli Rajab [22nd February, 1663]. 
On the last of the month, he reached Baritalah, where the Koch Bihar 
detachment joined him. Here the Nawab’s condition got much worse, the 
fainting fits came on oftener, and Hakim Zahira Ardistani was sent for from 
Hugli, and Mlrza Muhammad from Akbamagar. 
Description of the diagnosis of each doctor. The men commonly 
believed that the sickness was the result of witchcraft practised by the Rajah 
of Asam. The doctors recommended the Nawab to go to Khizrpur. On 
the 26th Sha'ban, he appoints ’Askar Khan to renew operations against 
Koch Bihar. 
The Nawab died on board the barge on Wednesday, the 2nd Ramazan, 
1073 [30th March, 1663], half an hour before sunset, two kos above Khizrpur.* 
The i Arikh of his death is 0 r 1 occupant of paradise,’ A. H. 
1073. Dilir Khan and Ihtisham Khan buried the body the next day at 
Khizrpur, in a vault which the Nawab had given orders to build after leaving 
for Asam. According to his last wish, his body was to be taken to Najaf, 
and buried in holy ground. News of his death was at once sent to court 
and to his son Muhammad Amin Khan. 
* Neither Rennel’s Map of the ‘ Environs of Dacca’ in 1778 (Map xii, of the 
Bengal Atlas), nor the Survey Maps help us to identify Khizrpur, and 1 addressed Dr. 
James Wise, of Dhaka, who is so well known for his researches in the local history of 
the District, regarding the geographical position of the place. Ho kindly sent mo 
the following reply — 
« Narainganj, eight miles S. E. of Dacca, is in a parganah called Khizrpur. It is 
bounded by tho Dacca river, the Burha Ganga. This situation corresponds with that 
of the historical Khizrpur, which was on the banks of the Ganges. A tomb, said to 
be that of one of Shaistak KhSn’a daughters, is called by the Muhammadans of the 
present day the ‘ Khizrpur Maqbarah.’ It is strange that the tomb of such a groat 
man as Mir Jumlah should not exist.” 
The Maasir ul Vma rd does not record whether the body was taken to Najaf 
{ Mashhad, in Khurasan). It is said that many towns in Talinganah contain buil- 
dings erected by tho Nawab, and in Haidarabad there is a tank, a villa, and a 
palace, still bearing his name. 
