350 W. Irvine— The Tang ash Nawahs of Farrulchdbdd. [No. 4, 
Muhammad Khan's wife and children. 
The Nawab seems to have had hut one legal wife, Malaha Banu or 
Baba’ha Banu, alias the Bibi Sahiba, daughter of Kasim Khan Bangash. 
She has been often mentioned already, and will be often mentioned again. 
She had two sons, Kaim Khan, the second Nawab, and Daim Khan, who died 
in childhood ; also two daughters, Boshan Jahan, wife of lloshan Khan Ban- 
gash, and another who died unmarried. She died on the 28th Zi’l Ka’d 1182 
H. (5th April 1769), and was buried in a separate tomb in the Bihisht Bagh 
a little to the south-west of Nawab Ahmad Khan’s mausoleum. There is a 
handsome masjid in the city built by her, called the Bibi Sahiba lei masjid , 
and the quarter round it is known by that name. There is also a Muhalla 
Bibi ganj near the Mau gate. 
The unsettled times of the 18th century are reflected in the fact that 
seven sons of Muhammad Khan were killed in battle ; nine died deaths of 
violence, and only six died a natural death. The names of the sons (whose 
descendants will be given in an Appendix) are as follows : 
1. Kaim Khan, succeeded his father as Nawab (1743—1748) as will 
be related hereafter. He left no issue. 
2. Ahmad Khan, succeeded in 1750 and died in 1771. 
3. Murid Khan. Full brother of Murtazza Khan (No. 4). He was 
killed with Kaim Khan, leaving three sons. 
4. Murtazza Khan. He was cut down at the order of Muzaffar Jang, 
son of Ahmad Khan (No. 2), and he died a prisoner in the Mubarik Mahal 
within the fort. He left seven sons. 
5. Akbar Khan. He was killed at Sikandra Bao (see p. 334). He 
left two sons. They say that the daughter of one of these sons, Khan-Kha- 
nan Khan, was betrothed to Sa’dat ’Ali, son of Shuja’-ud-daula, Nawab 
Wazir, but Nawab Ahmad Khan forbad the marriage, unless the Lakhnau 
family gave a wife for his son, Mahmud Khan. 
6. ’Abd-un-nabi Khan. He was killed with Kaim Khan. When 
’Abd-un-nabi Khan started for the campaign with Kaim Jang, he sneezed as 
he mounted his elephant and a cat crossed his path. From these evil omens, 
it followed that Nawab ’Abd-un-nabi Khan never came back alive. His 
son, ’Abd-ul-Majid Khan, from that day took an aversion to the name of 
sneezing and to cats. If a servant felt inclined to sneeze, he rushed out of 
the house, nor did any servant ever dare to utter the word “ cat.” If abso¬ 
lutely necessary it was referred to as a “ fish.” They also had strict orders 
never to mention any one’s death. If their master were invited to a friend’s 
house on his death, they told him that sugar had been tasted at a certain 
house, referring to the practice of pouring sugar and water down a dying 
man’s throat. If they had to remind him of the third-day ceremonies, they 
would say—“ To-day there is a great display (dhum-dham ).” 
