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Bangash Nawabs, in J. A. S. B., Vol. xlviii., p. 160 f.
MISCELLANEA.
1884.“Káim Khán, the Nawab’s[Farukhabad] elder son, beseiged Jarahwár in the east of Bánda, while Daler Khán, a trusted chela, advanced from his head-quarters at Sihonda towards Maudha in Hamirpur. On the 13th May 1721 Dabr [Daler?] Khán was defeated and slain close to the abovenamed town now in the Hamirpur District."N.-W. P. Gazetteer, Vol. vii., p. 154.
1884. "The cholas [of Farukhabad] were slaves by whom most offices of trust under the Bangash dynasty [of Farukhabad] were filled. Such creatures were found better and more obedient servants than the haughty kinsmen of a reigning Nawab. Chiefly Hindu by birth these slaves had been seized as boys and brought up as Musalmane. But in their marriages the restrictions of Hindu caste were until Nawab Ahmad's time [1750-71] observed. During the reign of Nawab Muhammad [1718-48] they were never called chelas or disciples, but always children of the State (atfál-i-sarkár). Their descendants are now known as Ghazanfarbacha, that is, lion-whelps,' or progeny of Nawáb Ghazanfar Jang [i. e., Muhammad Khán him. self.]"N.-W. P. Gazetteer, Vol. vii., p. 154.
1884."When Muzaffar Jang [of Farukhabad] succeeded his father [in 1771] he was a lad of 13 or 14 years only. But the princely power was for a time faithfully wielded by the pay-master Fakhruddaula [a chela], whose first task was to repress a disturbance raised by Murtaza, one of the surviving sons of Nawab Muhammad Khán Murtaza Khán was wounded and taken prisoner. He afterwards died in prison. Not long after this Fakhruddaula was assassinated by Námdár Khán chela, a partisan of Murtaza Khán.” — N..W. P. Gazetteer, Vol. vii., p. 173. "There were two claimants to the succession [in 1796]. The chelas Parmal and Muhamdi Kháns put forward the late Nawab's [of Farukhabad] second son Imdád Husain.". N.-W. P. Gazetteer, Vol. vii., p. 171,
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1884. – * Mukhím Khán, one of the most distinguished of Nawab Muhammad's slave officials (chelas). He was for a short time governor of Pargana Shamsabad which of course included Káimganj [in Farukhabad]."-N.-W. P. Gazetteer, Vol. vii., p. 269.
1884. -"Yákútganj [in Farukhabad], originally called Sarái Núri.... By a eunuch Sarái Nári was certainly founded. Presented as a gift to Muhammad, first Nawab of Farukhábád (1713-43) the slave Yákút or Ruby rapidly rose in that prince's favour. He was appointed nazir and
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ennobled under the title of Khán Bahádur. But of his servile origin Yákút was never ashamed. The slave officers of the Nawab, afterwards called chelas, were then known as Tifl-i-sarkár or children of the State, and the motto which Yákút caused to be engraved on his seal was this: -
Yákút-i-surkhrú ba tufail-i-Mhd. ast. Red-faced Ruby is as the little child of Mahomed.
Mhd.'s officers were forbidden to erect any structure more lasting than mud or sun-dried bricks. They might indeed build as a receptionhall one kiln-brick chamber; but any further dabbling in bricks and mortar was the prerogative of the Nawab alone. In Yákút's case, however, the prohibition was removed. The Nawab remarked that he could never have children, and that it did not much matter what buildings he left to revert to the State on his death. Yákút thereon built seven markets (ganj) including Yákútganj. It was founded in 1789 [1152 A. H.] The remaining foundations were:(1) Khudaganj in this district; (2) Kasganj or Yákútganj; (3) Aliganj; and (4) Daryáoganj in Eta; (5) Kauriyaganj, probably the place so named in Aligarh; and (6) Nabiganj in Mainpuri." - N.-W. P. Gazetteer, Vol. vii., p. 401f. and n. 1884.-" -"Dani nin pir betá diṭṭa, Sewadár Sarwar dd kitd:
Kuttin chúrián kare tayyârt Pirán sadwdidn. Unhan piran dsádár chele kite. The Saint gave Dâni a son, She made him a follower of Sarwar : Making ready cakes and sweetmeats. She called the saints.
The saints made him a follower and disciple. Temple, Panjab Legends, Vol. i., pp. 93f., 97: Three Fragments about Sakhi Sarwar. 1885.
"Air chele ditia,"
Phir chele hoe mitthid! Guran Pirán to mukare Sidh dpt dp sadâtye. I gave my disciple a flock,
And my disciple hath become
faithless!
Denying his Saint and Teacher, He hath made himself a saint."
Temple, Panjab Legends, Vol. ii., p. 108: Sakht Sarwar and Játé.
1893. "Chelah (chela, Hind.) from (chêta San. servant) disciple. Especially Hindoo convert to Mahomedanism."-Madras Manual of Administration, Vol. iii., Glossary, p. 163.
