378 W. Irvine— The Than gash TTawdbs of hFarruIchabdd. [No. 4, 
ajpur,* * * § In answer to the appeal they joined Kaim Khan with some twenty 
thousand men. Several Mahratta leaders, then Nazims of Kalpi, were also 
entertained and brought to Farrukhabad by Ja’far Khan, chela, Nazim of 
parganah Akbarpur.f Sheikh Farhatullah of Lakhnau, out of enmity to 
Sa’dat Khan and Safdar Jang, also joined with his force. 
The Rohelas were much dismayed at the prospect of attack. To 
avert it if possible, they drew up a petition and sent it with the veil of ’ Ali 
Muhammad Khan’s widow by the hand of Sayvad Ma’sum.J Their peti¬ 
tion was to this effect: “ When the father of this orphan, i. e ., Sa’dullah 
“ Khan, died, he relied on none but God and yon ; if you wish to take 
“ this territory, be it so ; send here Shuja’t Khan and Shamsher Khan 
“ and Khan Bahadur, we will accompany them to your presence ; in exchange 
“ for our father’s lands, we will conquer by our swords some of the country 
“ held by Safdar Jang further to the east.” When the holy man came be¬ 
fore the Nawab in open darbar, he threw down the wrapper of Sa’dullah 
Khan’s mother at the Nawab’s feet. Then he held aloft a Kura’n and said, 
“ 0 Nawab ! head of this clan, by this holy book, by regard for this helpless 
u faqir, and the unprotected owner of this veil, I adjure you to have mercy 
“ on this race and slay not the defenceless, for the Book says £ Peace is a 
“ good work both to saints and the Prophet’, accept then my prayer.” 
Having heard the Sayyad’s words, the Nawab turned towards Mahmud 
Khan Bakhshi, and to him confided the whole discussion. This man at 
heart wished nought but harm and dissension. He replied ££ You are a 
££ Sayyad and a Pirzada, what know you of worldly affairs, why do you in¬ 
terfere?” Several remarks to the same effect having passed, the Sayyad 
saw that no favourable impression had been produced. Repeating the de¬ 
nunciations of God and his prophet against the proud-minded, he told all 
those then present that the displeasure of God and the Prophet would fall 
upon them. He then took his way back to the town of Anwalah, where he 
reported to the Rohelas and warned them to prepare at once for war. Ac¬ 
cordingly, the Rohela leaders at the head of some twenty-five thousand men§ 
set up their tents in the groves near Dauri Rasulpur, not far from the town 
of Budaon, and there prayed night and day to God. 
* On the Grand Trunk Road in the Cawnpur district, some twenty-one miles north 
west of Cawnpur. I supposed this Ganga Singh to he the same as the one mentioned 
with the other Rajahs afterwards, hut he does not appear in Mr. Wright’s MS. list. 
The Shiurajpur Rajahs were Chandels, and the Raj was founded by Shiu Raj Deo, 
who is said to have migrated from Ivanauj about 1336 A. D. 
f Now in the Cawnpur district. 
X The Life of H. R. K. says Sayyad Ahmad, alias Shahji Miyan, was sent, and the 
* Amad-us-Sa’dat, p. 44, tells us he was Sayyad Ma’zum’s father. 
§ ’ Anidd-us-Sa' dat, p. 45, says 40,000 foot and 7000 horse. 
