58 W\ Trvine— Nfidir Shah and Muhammad ShSh, a Hindi poem. [No. 1, 
noble and his men wore their turbans, the protruding end 
being likened to a falcon’s crest (turrah-i-baz ). The populace 
knew him as Turrah-baz Khan. 
6. ‘TJlwl Khan .— Mirza Muhammad Hashim, second son of Hakim 
Hadi, was born at Shiraz in Muharram 1080 H. (June 16G9). 
He emigrated to India in 1111 H. (1699-1700), and died at 
Shahjalianabad on the 5th Rajab 1162 H. (20th June, 
1749.) Bayan-i-ivaq l i , my copy of the text, 196. Gladwin, 
218, has the 29tli Rajab. 
7. Malikah ZamcLrii, daughter of Farrukhsiyar, married to Muham¬ 
mad Shah in 1135 H. (1722), Beale, 237. Francklin, “ Shah 
Aulum,” 205, says she died in 1203. H. 1(788-9). 
11. This story of Nizamu-l-mulk’s having been likened to a monkey 
was in circulation at a very early date. Fraser, p. 68, who 
wrote as early as 1742, attributes it to Khan Dauran and his 
friends. They are supposed to have said, “ Observe how 
the Deccan monkey dances; ” and he places the event after 
Nizamu-l-mulk’s last return to Dihli, which happened in 
July 1737. Hanway, another contemporary writer, II, 351, 
says Khan Dauran, styled Nizamu-l-mulk, a maimuncl “ a 
quack doctor or cheat; ” but this word must be the same as 
that in Steingass, 1864, maimiinbaz, “ a leader of performing 
monkeys, ” from maimun , baboon, ape, monkey. 
19. Nadir Shah stormed Qandahar on the 3rd Zu-l-Hijjah 1150 H. 
(23rd March, 1738), “ The Compleat History “of Thamas 
Kouli Kan... written in French and rendered into English...” 
12 mo., London, n. d. (about 1745), Fart II, p. 5. He 
started from Qandahar for Kabul on the 8th Muharram 
1151 H. (27th May, 1738), Anand Ram, Mukhlis, in Elliot, 
VIII, 77, (Jonas Hanway, II, 357, “ middle of year”). He 
arrived at Kabul about the end of Safar 1151 H. (29th = l7th 
June, 1738), Anand Ram, 1. c. (Hanway, II, 357, “month 
of June.” He left Kabul against the Safis, 12th RabF, II, 
1151 H. (29th July, 1738), Raverty, “Notes,” 106, (founded 
on the Nadirnamah ), and see a letter from Nadir Shah in 
“ Compleat History,” part II, p. 27. He returned to Kabul 
and moved to Gandamak 20th Jumadi I, 1151 H. (4th 
September, 1738), Raverty, 1. c. He reached Jalalabad, 
20th Jamadi, II, (4th October, 1738), id. 110. The defeat 
of Nasir Khan, governor of Kabul, took place on the Indian 
side of the Khaibar, 13th Sha‘ban 1151 H. (25th Novem¬ 
ber, 1738), Elliot, VIII, 78, and Nadir Shah’s own letter 
