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jurisdiction there, his interference would occasion never-ending disputes. 
Kanauj, which was in the hands of a stranger, the Bhadauriya Bajah, was 
his home country, and till he held it he could never feel himself safe while 
absent in Allahabad. At length the farman of appointment was forwarded 
by Kamr-uddin Khan Chin ’Itimad-ud-daula, the Wazir, and Muhammad 
Khan was ordered to attend Court at once with five hundred horse. 
It was in the beginning of Bajab 1148 H. (Nov.—Dec. 1735), that 
Muhammad Khan was restored to the Subah of Allahabad. A few months 
afterwards, on the 4th Muharram, 1149 H. (4th May, 1736), # Sarbuland 
Khan was restored. Muhammad Khan seems to have obtained afterwards 
promises of re-instatement, but his claims were postponed to those of Amir 
Khan ’Umdat-ul-Mulk, who was appointed to Allahabad in the year 1739.t 
On Amir Khan’s assassination in 1159 H. (Jan. 1746 to Jan. 1747),J the 
Subah passed to ’Abd-ul Mansur Khan Safdar Jang.§ 
On relinquishing his government into the hands of Sarbuland Khan, 
Nawab Muhammad Khan strongly recommended to his protection Bajah 
Jaswant Singh, zamindar of Bhadoi|| who when at Court had been made a 
Sihhazari, 2000 horse, with the title of Bajah and the gift of kettle-drums. 
He was appointed to the charge of the rahddri from Banaras to Allahabad, 
and he performed well the duty of keeping the roads open. Bajah Jai 
Singh of Maudah had, however, interfered, and had collected much money 
from Bhadoi. Bajah Jaswant Singh would he hoped be preserved from 
further oppression. 
Muhammad Khan’s interest in Bajah Jaswant Singh arose from the 
fact that the Bajah had given to the Nawab a daughter in marriage. Jas¬ 
want Singh had also taken the field on one occasion in Muhammad Khan’s 
cause. In 1148 H. when Muhammad Khan was re-appointed to Allahabad, 
Sarbuland Khan wrote secretly from Shahjahanabad to his son and deputy, 
Shah Nawaz Khan, directing him to oppose the entry of the new Subah- 
dar. On the other hand, Jaswant Singh, at the instigation of Muhammad 
Khan, marched from Bhadoi towards Arail, having with him 2000 horse 
and 20,000 matchlockmen. He was joined by Lai Bikramajit, son of Jograj 
Gahilwar, Bajah of Bijipur and Kant it. The allies then prepared to at¬ 
tack Sayyad Muhammad Khan, ruler of Arail. On hearing of this rising, 
Shah Nawaz Khan left the fort of Lai Jalwah in parganah Sangror with 
1000 horsemen, Shekh Allahyar, author of the Hadikat-ul-AkaUm, having 
* Both dates are taken from the “ Tabsirat-un-Nazirm.” 
f Dow, II, 438, ed. 1803. 
X Miftah-ut-tawarikh, p. 489. 
§ ’Amad-us-Sa’dat, p. 50. 
|| In the Mirzapur district, on the left hank of the Ganges. 
If Both in the Mirzapur district. 
