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war Gardi) the records of his ancestors had been destroyed. From signa¬ 
tures in books in his possession, he traces his family for six generations. 
His father and grandfather used to say the Chibramau Sayyads were among 
the descendants of Sayyad Kama!, who came down country from Labor. 
One of his sons S. ’Ali Amjad settled in Chibramau, the others went to 
Samdhan, Parganah Talgram, to a village near Kanauj, to the town of 
Talgram, to Sandi, to Marahra and to Sakatpur. Bahadur ’Ali’s ancestors, 
some openly and some secretly, were all Shi’as in religion. 
Bahadur ’Ali’s grandfather, Ghulam Husain, was born, he asserts, in 1101 
H. (Oct. 1689—Sept. 1690) and he died in 1226 H. (Jan. 1811—Jan. 1812). 
He had only two sons, Chiragh ’Ali and Hashmat ’Ali (b. 1182, May 1768— 
May 1769, d. 1231 H. Dec. 1815—Nov. 1816). The grandfather was at one 
time in the service of Najib Khan and Shuja’-ud-daula, from the former re¬ 
ceiving Rs. 125 and from the latter Its. 100 a month. For forty years he 
was in the service of Nawab Daim Khan, chela of Nawab Ahmad Khan, first 
as a trooper on Its. 80, then as a physician on Its. 50, then as a pensioner on 
Its. 20 a month. At last he was made teacher, on Its. 10 a month, to the 
Nawab’s sons and wife. Till near the end of his life, he lived at the gate¬ 
way of Daim Khan’s house in Farrukhabad. Five or six years before his 
death, when he became very feeble, his son and grandson persuaded him to 
remove to Chibramau, where he died on the 27th Ramzan, 1226 H. on the 
day of the Divali festival. Bahadur ’Ali believed his grandfather could per¬ 
form miracles, and relates a story of his appearing in a dream to a sick man, 
and telling him to gather grass from his tomb, which when ground was to 
be applied to the chest. An instantaneous cure was the result. 
Bahadur ’Ali’s father, Chiragh ’Ali, was born in 1157 H. (Feb. 1744— 
Jan. 1745). When twenty-five years of age he became blind. He retain¬ 
ed, however, his bodily strength, and was endowed with great quickness of 
understanding and power of repartee. His touch was so fine, that he could 
tell the wrong from the right side of a rupee. He possessed a great talent 
for planning buildings ; and he also practised physic, as he had learnt it 
from his father, Ghulam Husain. His memory was wonderfully good, and 
he remembered the details of every body’s family history in all the country 
round Chibramau. He died on the 4th Ramzan, 1247 H. (6th Feb. 
1832) Bahadur ’Ali’s mother’s people lived at Bhonganw, a town on the 
Grand Trunk Road in the Mainpuri district, about 22 miles west of Chibra¬ 
mau. She was the second daughter of Shekh Khalil-ur-rahman Khatib, 
son of Shekh Khair-ullah Khatib, 
Bahadur ’Ali was born on the 20th Shawwal 1195 H. (9th Oct. 1781). 
In 1201 H. (Oct. 1786—Oct. 1787), his grandfather brought him to Far¬ 
rukhabad to live at the gateway of Nawab Daim Khan chela. He was 
taught there for six years. He read through the usual Persian books and 
