2G2 W. Irvine— The T>angash Nawdibs of Farrukhabad. [No. 4, 
Farrukhabad. He studied at Farrukhabad, Kanauj and Bareli, finishing 
under ’Abd-ul Basit Kanauj i. In 1189 H. (March 1775—Feb. 1776)> 
while on bis way to Mecca, he visited the town of Rahmatabad in the 
eastern part of the Dakhin, where he was initiated into the Nakshbandi and 
Kadiriya tenets by Khwaja Rahmat-ullah. In 1190 Id. (Feb. 1776—Feb. 
1777) he spent six months at the holy places. Returning to India he at 
length in 119G H. (Dec. 1781—Dec. 1782) settled at Farrukhabad. From 
his savings he bought several houses, and joining them together he estab¬ 
lished a madrassa and named it Fakhr-ul Maraba o Faba’-ul JMufakhir , 
which gives the date 1224 H. (Feb. 1809—Feb. 1810). His library is 
still kept there, but there are no scholars and nothing is taught. On the 
29th August, 1805, he was appointed Mufti, which office he held till the 
13th October, 1828, when he was succeeded by his relation, Mufti 
Wilayat-ullah. Wali-ullah died on the 5th Jamadi II, 1249 (18th Nov., 
1833). The following tdrikhs give the } T ear of his death. The first is_by 
Bahadur ’Ali Sayyad. 
I. Ganj-i-md*ni ba-raft zer zamin. 
II. JDafan kardand ganj-i-ilm ba-khdk. 
One of the copies of his history lent me by Mir Fazl ’Ali measures 10 
in. X in., and has 370 pages, the number of lines to a page varies. The 
book is divided into two parts. Part I, History of Farrukhabad and the 
Bangash family (160 pp.) containing an introduction and six books, the 
first book comprising five chapters. Part II : divided into five books, a) 
Famous personages ; (2), Shekhs, Sayyads, and Fakirs; (3), Learned men ; 
(4), Poets, and (5) an account of the author. In the historical part there is 
little or no detail, much being taken from the Siyar-ul Mutakharin and 
similar works, though some facts are added from personal knowledge or 
enquiry. The most valuable part is, that giving the traditional origin of 
the Bangash Pathans. About two-thirds of the work is taken u ]3 with 
biographies of obscure Muhammadan worthies who lived in, or had visited 
Farrukhabad.* 
The Lauh-i-Tdrikh is an Urdu work which in its present shape was 
composed in 1255 H. (March 1839—March 1840). Mir Bahadur ’Ali’s 
copy, lent me by his nephew Salamat ’Ali of Chibramau, measures 9f in. 
X 6 in., and has 554 pages, with 16 to 18 lines to the jmge. It is written in 
an easy popular style, and though defective in chronology and arrangement, 
it preserves a mass of interesting tradition whieh would otherwise have 
perished. 
The origin of the book is thus described: In 1248 H. (May 1832_May 
1833) Manavvar ’Ali Khan Bakhshi, great-grandson of Muhammad Khan’s 
daughter, Daulat Khatun, began to prepare an account of Farrukhabad and 
* He was the author of several other works. 
