1878.] W. Irvine— The Rang ash JSfaivdbs of Farrukhahad. 351 
Whenever Nawab ’Abd-ul-Majid Khan went out, he gave his khansa¬ 
man several rupees with instructions to give one to Maya Ram Baniya, a 
man who kept a shop at his gate, in order that he might present it as a 
nazar on the Nawab’s mounting, for it was a good omen. He also sent four 
annas to a gardener for a garland and flowers, to be given as he started. 
Several rupees were changed into kauris , which were divided into two -paisa 
lots. Orders were then given to the khansaman to warn the troops, as the 
Nawab Sahib was coming and required an escort. Accordingly the khan¬ 
saman told all the tenants of the Nawab’s houses that the Nawab was 
coming. They were of all castes high and low. 
The Nawab then mounted a horse adorned with silver trappings, a 
khidmatgar waved a chaunri , while some four to eight companions followed 
on ponies. When the Nawab reached his gate, Maya Ram Baniya presented 
the rupee. The jptm-seller gave a dona of ■pan, of which the Nawab ate 
some, and gave the rest to the khansaman. Then the gardener offered the 
flowers, from which the Nawab selected one and stuck it in his turban. 
When he came back, he directed the khansaman to dismiss the army for that 
day. On each man present a taka in kauris was bestowed, and with a 
salam to the Nawab they went away. 
When any of the younger men of the Sahibzadah families visited ’Abd- 
ul-Masjid Khan, it was a favourite joke to tickle their nostrils with a straw 
and produce an artificial sneeze. They would then ask for pardon. But 
’Abd-ul-Masjid Khan would only get the more angry, and request them 
never to come near him again. Then the Sahibzadahs would hold their 
handkerchiefs to their faces to conceal their smiles. 
7. Husain Khan. Executed at Allahabad by orders of Safdar Jang. 
8. Fakhr-ud-din Khan. One account says he was killed with Kaim 
Khan, another that he was one of the five sons executed at Allahabad. He 
left one daughter. 
9. Isma’il Khan. He left four sons. He was one of the five execut¬ 
ed at Allahabad. 
10. Karim Had Khan. One of the five executed at Allahabad. He 
left two sons. 
11. Imam Khan. He was named by the Bibi Sahiba as Kaim Khan’s 
successor, and he was reigning Nawab for five months and some days. He 
was arrested and sent to Allahabad, where with Nos. 7, 8, 9 and 10 he was 
executed in 1750 by orders of Safdar Jang. He left two sons. 
12. Khuda Bandah Khan, or in some MSS. Khudawand Khan. In 
some lists he is placed fourth, but this seems to have been done to flatter 
his son, Amin-ud-daula, who as naib was all powerful from 1786 to 1803. 
Khuda Bandah Khan died at his fort in Delhi on the 9th Zi’l Hajj 1194 II. 
(7th Dec. 1780). His jagir, obtained on his daughter, Umrao Begum’s, 
