374 
W. Irvine —The Rang ash Naivdbs of Farr uJchdbdil. [No. 4, 
Ghilzai, Kadirganjwala.* On his death-bed Muhammad Khan said to his 
son that he must look on these four as his true friends. If there was war 
be should fight by the advice of Mangal Ivhan, who had been in every fight 
from his childhood ; if an army had to be raised, he should do it through 
Shuja’t Khan, a chief from Afghanistan ; if revenue had to be collected, he 
should employ Khizr Khan Panni; if a negotiator were required at the 
imperial court, he should send Ma’zum Ivhan who had great experience there. 
All four of these men were killed in the battle of Dauri when Kahn Khan 
lost his own life. 
We shall see how little heed was paid to these dying injunctions. 
The new Nawab ajDpears to have placed himself entirely in the hands of 
Mahmud Khan Afridi, a resident of Amethi, whom he appointed to be his 
Bakhshi. His brothers and relations, Yusuf Khan, Mu’azzam Ivhan, ’Azam 
Khan, Sa’dat Ivhan, and others had several thousands of Afridis under their 
standard, and seem to have formed a powerful body in the state. Mahmud 
Khan’s kettle-drums were beaten at Kanauj, and he had complete authori¬ 
ty over a territory paying a very large amount of revenue. He had one 
son, Shadi Khan, who was thrown from his horse the fourth day after his 
marriage ; his foot caught and he was dragged and killed. In 1839 the 
arches of Mahmud Khan’s audience hall in Amethi were standing in a dila¬ 
pidated state. They are not in existence now, and the family seems to 
have entirely disappeared. 
RohiUchand a fairs. 
Katahr or Rohilkhand had gradually come into possession of ’Ali Mu¬ 
hammad Khan Rohela, and he paid no revenue to the imperial exchequer. 
Once Muhammad Shah sent his Diwan, Harnand, with an army to recover 
’Ali Muhammad Khan’s country. He got as far as Bangarhf and opened 
his batteries. ’Ali Muhammad Khan came out and defeated him, so that the 
imperial army fled to Delhi. J Muhammad Shah was very angry and a second 
time, after an interval, he prepared an army, which he put under Ivhwajah 
Asli Sahib. He too opened batteries against Bangarh, to be repulsed like 
Harnand with the loss of a number of men on the Imperial side. 
A third time Muhammad Shah despatched all his forces under Ivamr- 
ud-din Wazir. Now, Kamr-ud-din, who was a wary man, reflected that if 
he went he should meet the same fate as the others, the same army having 
already fled twice. He would be forced to flee or would get killed, in either 
* Gaz. N. W. P. IY. 74, 151. Kadirganj is inparganah Nidhpur, Tahsil ’Ali- 
ganj, Eta district, 32 miles N. E. of Eta. Shuja’t Khan was killed with Kaim Khan at 
Dauri, as we shall see further on. 
f In the Budaon district, 14 miles N. E. of Budaon. Misprinted Banff ash in 
Elliot, VIII, 116 and 350. 
% Life of H. ft. K., pp. 16 to 18. 
