J 878.] 
W. Irvine —The Tang ash Naw dibs of Farrukhabdd. 
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in the modern district of Farrukhabdd, were added to his former jagirs. He 
was soon after appointed Subahdar of Allahabad (between 22nd Oct., 1720 
and 11th Oct., 1721). # At this time, his ’Amils or subordinate governors 
were for Allahabad, Bhure Khan, chela ; for Irichh, Bhander and Ivalpi, 
Daler Khan, chela; for Sipri and Jalaun, Kama! Khan ; for Bhojpur, 
Neknam Khan, chela ; for Shamshabad, Daud Khan, chela ; for Budaon, 
Sahaswan (now both in the Budaon district) and Mihrabad (now in the 
Shahjahanpur district), Shamsher Khan, chela. 
In 1135 H. (1st Oct., 1722—20th Sept. 1723) Samsam-ud-daula pro¬ 
cured a grant of the Subah of Agra in favour of Rajah Jai Singh Sawae. f Jai 
Singh soon after marched against Churaman Jat, to punish him for having 
sided with the late Wazir, ’Abdullah Khan. Muhkam Singh, son of Chur¬ 
aman, insulted J his father in open darbar, and rather than bear the disgrace 
the father committed suicide. Badan Singh, nephew of Churaman, sided 
with Rajah Jai Singh. The fort of Thun was occupied on the 9th Safar, 
1135 H. (8th Nov., 1722), and Badan Singh, who was father of Suraj 
Mall, then succeeded to the territory. In this campaign Muhammad 
Khan bore a part. 
In the fifth year (Jan. 1723 to Dec. 1723), Muhammad Khan went with 
the army under the command of Sharf-ud-daula Iradatmand Khan and 
Rajah Jai Singh, sent to chastise Ajit Singh Rathor, Rajah of Marwar. Be¬ 
fore the army could reach his territory, Ajit Singh was assassinated by his 
son Bakht Singh. § Through the mediation of Nawab Muhammad Khan, 
Dhonkal Singh made his submission to the Emperor. Jj 
Muhammad Khan had barely reached Mairtha with Abhai Singh alias 
Dhonkal, when he was recalled to undertake the recovery of Bundelkhand 
from Chattarsal. Six months were employed on this duty, when on receipt 
of intelligence that Mubariz Khan, faujdar of Burhanpur, had been killed, 
he was ordered to return from Bundelkhand to the Duab, and thence to 
proceed by way of Akbarabad to Gwalyar to meet an irruption of the 
Mahrattas. Baji Rao had appeared north of the Narbada, had attacked 
* The local MSS. say Agra, but I think this must he a mistake. For some dis¬ 
paraging remarks about Muhammad Khan in regard to this Allahabad appointment, 
see S-ul-M. 451, line 5 from end. 
f S-ul-M. p. 456. 
X S-ul-M. p. 439. 
§ Tod (Madras Reprint, 1873,) Yols. I, 636 and II, 81 gives the date about 1780 S., 
corresponding to July, 1723. 
|| Muhammad Khan is not named in the list of Musalman leaders in Tod, II, 80, 
but the same authority shows that Dhonkal, or the exterminator, was a nickname of 
Abhai Singh, son of Ajit Singh. The “ Tarikh-i-Hindi” mentions Muhammad Khan 
[Dowson’s Elliot, VIII, 44.] 
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