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with Kahn Khan, but kept him for several days in suspense. One day a 
Bisaldar (commander of cavalry) in Sa’dat Khan’s army, himself an Afndi, 
commanding twelve hundred men, said to Kaim Khan, “ You will neither 
“get troops here, nor will you be allowed to go yourself, you must devise 
“ some other plan.” 
The Bibi Sahiba, mother of Kaim Khan, hearing reports of intended 
treachery, sent Neknam Khan, chela, to Faizabad. Beaching that place he 
went to the Bisaldar already mentioned and convinced him and his Pathans, 
who were of Mau, Farrukhabad, Shahjahanpur and A'nwala, that rather 
than allow Muhammad Khan to be captured, it would be to their interest 
to march to his relief. Neknam Khan told them to assemble whenever the 
camel kettle-drums should begin to beat in his camp. The same day Kaim 
Khan and Neknam Khan visited ’Abd-ul Mansur Khan, and asked leave to 
depart. ’Abd-ul Mansur Khan proposed their waiting for the troops he 
had sent for, who would arrive in a few days. Neknam Khan then forced 
Kaim Khan to rise, and pointing to Sa’dat Khan, said to Kaim Khan, “ You 
“ will never deliver Muhammad Khan by their means.” He then in a great 
rage lead Kaim Khan by the hand out of the audience hall. With them 
were sixty Pathans clad in chain mail, whose orders were to strike at once, 
if any one lifted a finger to touch them. Beaching camp the kettle¬ 
drums were beaten for the march. On hearing the sound, twelve hundred 
Pathans in ’Abd-ul Mansur Khan’s service left him to follow Kaim Khan. 
When word was brought to him, Sa’dat Khan sent off a camel rider to 
recall Kaim Khan. Begardless of the Nawab’s message he continued his 
route to Shahjahanpur. There more men joined his standard. Thence he 
moved to Bangarh, # the abode of ’Ali Muhammad Khan Bohela, from 
whom they obtained further re-inforcements. Then coming to Mau, num¬ 
bers of recruits flocked to enter their service. The army thus gathered 
together numbered some thirty thousand men : as each man was promised 
one hundred rupees a month, the expenses were enormous. It was only by 
delivering over to them all the Nawab’s goods and chattels, together with all 
the cash he could obtain from the money-lenders, that Kaim Khan induced 
them to enlist. 
An advance was now made, and crossing the Jamna they passed into 
Bundelkhand. The Bundelas, hearing that Kaim Khan was approaching 
with a strong force, hastened to make terms with Nawiib Muhammad Khan. 
They took a written agreement from him never to attack them again, 
and to be content with the tribute which had been formerly paid. Muham¬ 
mad Khan at this time did not know that Kaim Khan was marching to 
his relief. He had come several marches from Jaitpur when he met his 
son. Kaim Khan proposed they should return to renew the war, but Mu- 
* In the Budaon District about 10 miles N. of Budaon. 
