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ly with good effect Persian couplets or proverbs. An elder brother 
had been formerly in the service of ‘Azimu-sh-shan and was killed in 
the campaign in Bengal against Rahim Khan. Af gh an. Much of Khan 
Dauran’s prestige may have been derived from his commanding presence. 
A contemporary tells us that when he walked up the audience hall with 
a group of followers, his head would be seen towering far above the 
others. From all accounts he and his brother, Muzaffar Khan, were 
boasters of a most extravagant order, while their courage was more than 
doubtful. At any rate, they rarely put it to the test. Khan Dauran 
might, indeed, have qualified as a member of the Peace Society, for 
whenever the subject was broached, he would ask, “ What is to be gained 
by going to war ? ” He was one of those men, never absent from 
Eastern courts, who do absolutely nothing, either in war or in peace, 
as a return for the rank and wealth which have been showered upon 
them. His hand was in every intrigue, and never without profit to 
himself. Throughout his career, he was the favourer of the Hindustani 
party in the State, the person through whom Jat or Rajput chiefs 
put forward any claim they might wish to advance. Especially was 
this the case with Rajah Jai Siugli, for whom as we shall see, Khan 
Dauran obtained many favours. 1 2 
9. GrHAziu-D-DlN Khan, Ghalib Jang, (Ahmad Beg). 
When Farrukhsiyar first reached ‘Azimabad Patnah, Shari‘at- 
ullah Khan (Mir Jumlah) and Khwaja ‘Asim (Khan Dauran) not 
being present, Ahmad Beg became for a time his most active assistant 
and principal confidant. He was one of the foster brothers of Jahandar 
Shah, 8 but having quarrelled with that prince on account of the pre¬ 
ference shown for ‘Ali Murad, Kokaltash Khan, he sought a refuge in 
Bengal. When Farrukhsiyar’s more particular favourites returned, 
they supplanted Ahmad Beg in the prince’s good graces, and from that 
time he seems to have fallen a good deal into the back ground. Ahmad 
Beg, a man of Turani race, 3 was born about 1076 H. 1665-6. From the 
scantiness of his beard, he bore the nickname of Kosah, or Goatbeard. 4 * * * 
His further part in history is confined to two occasions, the day of 
1 Ma? dsiru-l-umard, T, 819, Yahya Khan, 1196., Ashob, 73. 
2 Yahya Khan, 119a, says he was the nawdsah (daughter’s son) of Qaim Beg, 
Shahjahani. 
3 The Ahwdlu-l-Jchawdqin, 61a, gives him the epithet of Ashtarlab {?). 
4 The epithet is borne ont by a portrait that I saw lately at Mr. Qnaritch’s (one 
of the drawings mentioned on the cover of his catalogue No. 155, December 1895). 
Ghalib Jang is shown seated, and is dressed in a pale mauve coat of thin muslin. 
His beard consists of four or five short, straight hairs. 
