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W. Irvine— The Bangash NciwTbs of Farrukhahdd. [No. 4, 
Accession of Ahmad Shah. 
Muhammad Shall died in 116 L H. and on the 2nd Jamadi I. of that 
year (19th April 1748), was succeeded by his son Ahmad Shah. Soon after ? 
Safdar Jang was appointed wazir in place of ’Itimad-ud-daula, Kamr-ud- 
din Khan, killed in the lighting against Ahmad Shah Durrani. Now Saf¬ 
dar Jang, who was a deadly enemy of the Bangash family, caused a far man 
to be sent calling Kaim Khan to court. Kaim Khan in his reply told the 
Emperor not to place reliance on Safdar Jang, who was his, Kaim Khan’s, 
hereditary enemy. The Emperor and the Wazir were enraged. The Wazir 
laid plans of revenge in consultation with Jawed Khan. Accordingly & fir¬ 
man was prepared telling Kaim Khan that an important work was confided 
to him, that many of the Mahals of Bareli and Muradabad, recovered with 
his aid in the late Emperor’s time, had again been usurped by Sa’dullah 
Khan, son of ’Ali Muhammad Khan Bohela. This territory was therefore 
made over to him, Kaim Khan, with orders to march and occupy it. This 
far man was sent by a relation of the Wazir’s, Slier Jang, son of Sayadat 
Khan, the elder brother of the late Burhan-ul-Mulk Sa’dat Khan. # On 
the 4th Shawwal 1161 H. (16th Sept. 1748), the messenger was within 
one or two kos of Farrukhabad, and hearing of his approach Nawab Kaim 
Khan caused a Bari to be erected near the Tdgah. Then he proceeded in 
state to the spot surrounded by nobles on elephants. First the far man was 
read, then making his obeisance, the Nawab put on the accompanying 
dress of investiture. With kettle-drums beating he returned to the fort, 
where the chief men, money-lenders, and officials presented gifts of money, 
and offered their congratulations. 
The principal leaders were then sent for to be consulted. Chief among 
them was Mahmud Khan Afridi, the Bakhshi, with his brothers. These 
all voted for immediate war, but the Nawab seems to have been reluctant to 
attack his fellow Pathans. Shuja’t Khan Gfhilzai, who had formerly exchan¬ 
ged turbans with the late ’Ali Muhammad Khan Bohela, Yakut Khan 
Khan Bahadur, Shamsher Khan, Mukim Khan, Islam Khan, Kama! Khan 
and Sardar Khan, chelas, represented to the Nawab that the Rohelas were 
not his enemies, and if some one was sent across the Ganges, Sa’dullah Khan 
might be persuaded to attend. As a compromise Ma’zum Khan, brother of 
Mahmud Khan Bakhshi, was despatched with a small retinue to Anwalahf 
■with three robes of investiture for the three sons of ’Ali Muhammad Khan. 
His orders were to invest them with the succession, but as usual to confis- 
* For the name see ’ Amad-us-Sa 1 dat, p. 44, line 15, where a doubt is suggested, 
but the despatch of some far man is proved by the statements of Hisam-ud-din, an eye¬ 
witness. 
t In the Bareli district, twenty-one miles S. W. of Bareli. 
