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W. Irvine —The Bang ash Naivdbs of Far riohhabdcl. [No. 4, 
in their houses or to return to Sihoncla. Dalel Khan rejected their counsel, 
saying he would be disgraced if he retreated, that he had with him Ibrahim 
Khan, his brother, ’Inayat Khan, Haidar Khan, Himmat Khan, Mu’az-ud- 
din Khan, Sayyad Hamid ’Ali, Baz Khan, Mukhtar Khan, Rahim Khan, 
and five hundred other Pathans. Turning to his troops he harangued them, 
and offered to pay up and discharge all those who held their wives and 
children dearer than honour. A number of the Pathans then left him. 
"With the rest he marched from Padhori to Maudha. 
Now Himmat Khan was Dalel Khan’s chief friend, and he usually 
rode by the Nawab’s side and conversed with him. That day as he rode 
along half stupified with opium, Dalel Khan as usual addressed his conver¬ 
sation to Himmat Khan, and playing on his name remarked that if Himmat 
(courage) held firm, they might after all win the day. As no reply came the 
Nawab called out, “ Brother, are you nodding or have you dropped behind?” 
Haidar Khan who was at some distance cantered up and answered, “ Nawab 
Sahib, he was onty Himmat Khan at meal time, he left us at Padhori, I 
am the Himmat Khan for this emergency.” 
When they reached Ivorhiya Tal, near the Parao, Dalel Khan told 
his men to alight and breakfast. They then mounted and drawing their 
swords made ready for the attack. The Bundelas meanwhile advanced from 
Makaranw, and Tandohi. The battle then commenced. The first day fifty 
Pathans and three hundred Bundelas were killed, the second day one hun- 
and fifty Pathans and four hundred Bundelas. Haidar Khan pushed his 
advance as far as Makaranw, and on his way killed five leaders and sixty 
men. He was killed himself in Makaranw. His tomb exists there near a 
pond, to the west of the metalled road to Hamirpur, and it is known as 
Haidar Shahid. Sayyad Hamid ’Ali was killed to the east of Maudha, and 
his tomb is some twenty-five or thirty rassi to the east of the town ; its 
name is Hami Shahid or Hamid Shahid. Baz Khan’s tomb is close to 
Shekh Chand Pir’s dargah, and it is called Baja Sarmur Shahid. ’Inayat 
Khan’s tomb is to the south of the Banda and Jalalpur road, it is called 
’Inai Shahid. 
Dalel Khan was slain himself on the third day. Many others were 
killed with him. Ibrahim Khan, brother of Dalel Khan, fell at a place now 
in Maudha but then a jungle. A second Ibrahim Khan was killed near 
where ’Abd-ul-Karim Kanungo’s house now stands. There is a Dargah 
known as that of Maudi Shahid, which no doubt is meant for Muaz-ud-din. 
There is also a Shahid’s tomb called vaguely Baba Shahid, which Mr. Kaye, 
late Collector, put into repair when opening out a new road. There are 
numerous other tombs in Maudha and its vicinity. 
They relate that on the day of his death Dalel Khan drove the Bunde¬ 
las before him as far as Mowaiya, about four miles south-west of Maudha. 
