2G8 W. Irvine— The Bangash Nawdbs of Farrukhabdd. [No. 4, 
Neither of this book nor of a collection of letters made by Munshi Dalpat 
Rae (d. 28th March, 1823), grandson of Munshi Sahib Rae, have I been able 
to obtain any trace. Other authorities used are well enough known. The 
principal of these are the Siyar-ul-Mutdkharm , Tarikh-i-Muzaffdri , Khiz- 
anah-i- Amira, A'mdd-us-Sa’dat, Life of Hafiz Rahmat Khan, Fathgarh-ndmah 
Curvven’s translation of the Balwant-ndmah and the Miftah-ut Tawarikh 
(edition of 1849). The Madasir-ul TJmrd in the article ’ Abd-ul Mansur Khan , 
when speaking of Kaim Khan’s death, refers for details to “ the account of 
his father Muhammad Khan Bangash”, but I cannot find in the book any 
biography of Muhammad Khan. The Hadikat-ul Akdlim , of Murtaza Hu¬ 
sain, I have also put under contribution. 
Nawab Muhammad Khak, Bangash, Ghazanfar Ja^g. 
Origin of the family. 
Muhammad Khan was a Bangash of the Karlani Kaghzai clan. Malak 
Kais, ’Abd-ur-Rashid, the ancestor of all Pathans, had three sons Sarban, 
Batan, Ghurghasht. The second son, whose name was Shekh Haiyat, obtain¬ 
ed his appellation from his love of peace and his piety, Batan in their 
language signifying the Pure. Batan had three sons, Isma’il, Ashyun, 
Kajin, and one daughter, Matu. The descendants of the sons are usually 
called Batan. The children of Matu by her husband, Shah Husain, son of 
Mu’az-ud-din, are called Ghilzai, Lodi, Sarwani. 
Sarban, the eldest son of Kais, had two sons, the elder of whom, Sharf- 
ud-din, had five sons. Of these the youngest was Amir-ud-din. One day 
while out hunting Amir-ud-din at one of his camping-places picked up a 
Sayyad boy, to whom he gave the name of Karlani. When he grew up he 
was married to a woman of the tribe, and his children were called the Kar¬ 
lani. Among Karlanis are the Dilazak, Afridi, Khatak, and Malak-miri 
subdivisions. Relying on the truth of the above story, the Karlani believe 
themselves to be Sayyads. Karlani having been brought up with Adarmar, 
son of Amir-ud-din, his descendants have been classed among the Sarban 
tribes. 
The origin of the name Kaghzai is related as follows. Once Shekh 
Hayat, alias Batan, was anxious to marry his daughter Matu to Shah 
Husain, son of Mu’az-ud-din Mahmud, son of Jamal-ud-din Hasan, son of 
Sultan Bahrain, who had left his own country of Ghor by reason of the 
desolation caused by the first Muhammadan invasions. Accordingly a man 
of the Kagh tribe, that is, a professional singer, was sent to enquire into 
the genealogy of Shah Husain at Ghor, his birthplace. On returning he 
threatened to throw doubt on Shah Husain’s purity of descent unless his, 
Kagh’s, daughter were accepted in marriage. Shah Husain married the 
