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Nawub Muhammad Ali Khan, with the support of the English, succeeded his father on the throne of the Viceroyalty of Arkat (Arcot), under the surname of Walajah Amiru-l-Hind Muhammad Ali Khan Mansur Jang, subordinated himself to the English Chiefs, and passed his life in ease and pleasure. Now the province of Arkat (Arcot), like Bengal, is under the domination of the English Chiefs. And as has been related before, when Nawab Siraju-d-daulnh, Nazim of Bengal, owing to his inexperience, flung the stone into the hornet’s nest, he suffered of necessity the sting. And Nawab Jafar Ali Khan, treating the English as his confidants and collea¬ gues in the Nizamat of Bengal, suffered them to acquire control over administrative affairs. Inasmuch as complete disintegration had overtaken the Moslem Empire of Delhi, in every Subah tlio Provincml Governors acquiring authority grew into semi-inde¬ pendent Feudatories. Now, since a period of thirty years, the Pro¬ vinces of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa have come into the possession and authority of the English Chiefs. An English Chief, styled the Governor-General, coming from England, resides in Cal¬ cutta, and selecting Deputies for the collection of the revenue and for administration of civil and criminal justice, and for trad¬ ing business, sends them out to every place. And establishing the Khalisnh Kachiri 1 (the Court of Crown-lands) in Calcutta, the English Governor settles on his own behalf the assessment of the revenue of each £ila (District). And the Deputies and the Ziladars (District Officers) collecting revenues, remit them to Calcutta. In the year 1178 A.H., when the English becamo victorious® over Nawab Vaziru-l-Mulk Shujau-d-daulah, Nazira of the Subah of Audh and llahabad (Allahabad), a treaty was entered into, and the English left to the Nawab Vazir his country. From that time, tboy have acquired influence over that Subah also, and seizing the district of Banaras have separated it from that Subah. And their soldiers quartering themselves in the dominions of the Nawab-Vazir, as the 1 That is, the Board of Revenue or the * Sadder Board.’ * For this viotory and the treaty that followed, see note ante and Seir-ul. Muta&erin. 414 latter’s servants, exercise inflaence over an affairs. Heaven knows what would be the eventual upshot of this state of things. Similarly, in the Dakhin, the English have got in the fort of Madras an old factory and a large army. They have also ac- quired possession of the Province of Arkat. They hold, as jagirs under Nizam All Khan, the towns of Ganjam, Barampur, Ichapur, Sikakul, Isliaqpatan, the fort of Qasim kotah, Rajbandar, Ilor (Ellore), Machlibandar (Masullipatam), Bajwarah, and the fort of Kondbali, <fcc., and the Zamindars of those places appearing before them pay in revenue. And whenever Nizam Ali Khan needs auxiliaries, they furnish him with strong contingents, and out¬ wardly do not disobey his orders. But the English Christians 1 are embellished with the ornaments of wisdom and tact, and adorned with the garments of considerate¬ ness and courtesy. They arv. matchless in the firmness of their re. solutions, in the perfectness of their alertness, in the organisation of battles, and in the arrangement of feasts. They are also unrivalled in their laws for the administration of justice, for the safety of their subjects, for extermination of tyranny, and for protection of the weak. Their adherence to their promises is so great that even if they risk their lives, they do not deviate from their words, nor do they admit liars to their society. They are liberal, faithful, forbearing, and honourable. They have not learnt the letters of deceit, nor have they read the book of crooked¬ ness. And notwithstanding their difference in creed, they do not interfere with the faith, laws, and religion of Musalmans. All wranglings between Christianity and Islam, after all, lead to the same place : The dream (of empire) is one and the same, only its interpreta¬ tions vary. 1 The author of the Riyaz appears to be remarkably liberal and catholio in bis views, as the concluding lines of hia History would indicate. Compare this picture of the * new English rulers * with that in the Seir-ul-MutaHerin. The End. INDEX. A Arsah, 7 Akbar, 8. 27, 41, 148, 152,155,157, 158, 160, 184 Autan, 12 Assam, 12, 14, 38, 49, 132, 142,211, 212, 213, 223, 224, 225, 226, 231, 257 Assamese, 211, 212, 223, 226 Afghans, 16, 127, 132, 142, 145, 150, 152, 159, 161, 177, 194, 231, 235, 236, 241, 242, 213, 296, 315, 323, 412 Akbamamah, 16, 39, 146 Aziz Kokah, 18 Azimu-sh-ahan, 27, 235, 237, 242, 246, 247, 252, 266, 267, 300 Aurangzeb, 28, 32, 37, 181, 200, 214, 215, 218, 219, 224, 225, 226, 231, 232, 246, 247, 252, 255, 259, 267, 273, 283, 287, 303, 311 Allahabad, 24, 114, 146, 197, 235, 238, 392, 394, 413 Arabia, 30, 136, 401, 405, 406, 408 Ajam, 408 Azam, 30, 31 Armenians, 33 Alinagar or Calcutta, 31 Admiral Watson, 31 Arracanese, 15, 32, 39, 231 Arracan or Arkhang, 15, 212, 214, 224, 229 Alamgirnamah, 37, 38, 47, 130, 132, 216,229 Akbarnagar or Kajmahal or Ak- mahal, 44, 154, 189, 201, 218, 220, 221, 233, 251, 269, 282, 294, 310, 311, 344, 349, 359, 369, 376 53 Ali Mubarak, surnamed Sultan Alau-d-din, 45, 95 ; 96, 97 Adiuah Mosque, 45 Akbar’s Rent-Roll, 47 Alaipur, 48, 128 Ain-i-Akbari, 10, 49, 50, 52, 50, 136, 143, 250 Abuab revenue, 50 Alivardi Khan Mahabat Jang, 60, 291, 293, 294, 296, 297, 308, 311, 313, 314, 318, 320, 321,323, 324, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 336, 337, 351 Afrasiab, 54, 55, 56 Artaxexes Longimanus, 54 Ardigher Babagan, 56 Alexander, 56, 57, 86 Abul Fazl Allami, 56, 60, 173, 182 Aryans. 57 Aibak, 59 Alau-d-din Jani, 59 Aughal Beg, 60 Audh or Oude, 60 Alimich, 65 Abardhan, 65 Atrai, 65 Alimardan Khilji surnamed Sul¬ tan Alau-d-din, 68, 70, 71 Azu-d-din Muhammad Shiran Khilji, 69, 70 Ahmad Iran, 69 Aram Shah, 71 Alau-d-din Khan, 73 Alau-d-din Masud, 76 Arsalan Khan. 77, 78 Amin Khan. 79, 80 Amir Khusrau. 86, 88 Amir Hasan, 86 416 Arz-i-Mamamalik, 90 Alau-d-diu Husain Shah, 95, 114, 128, 129, 131, 132. 134, 136, 140 Alau-l-Haq, 108, 137 Ahmad Shah 118, 119, 120 Adam Shahid, 121 Alau-d-din Firuz Shah, 129 Azimgarh, 135 Adil Khan, 138 Agra, 143, 145,146, 183, 217, 273 287, 409 Aesh Khan Neazi, 157 Ali Quli Beg, Astajlu, surnamed Sher Afghan Khan, 169, 170 Abdur Rahim Mirza Khan-i- Khanan, 170, 184, 201, 408 Shaikh Abdur Rahman, surnamed Afzal Kh an. 173, 182 Adam Barha Syed, 174, 176,194 Acha Shaikh, 174, 176, 194 Alau-d-din Chisljti Shaikh, sur- named Islam Khan, 173, 174 Abdus Salam Khan, 176, 178, 194, 211 Abdus Salam Mir, surnamed Islam Khan. 211, 212 Abdul Muazzam Khan, 178 Abu Bakr Syed, 179 Abul Husain Mirza, surnamed Asaf ghan, 182, 183, 208, 273 Abdul Aziz Qazi, 183 Abdullah Khan, 183, 185,191,19$, 196, 200, 274 Ahmad Beg Kh an, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195 Abid Khan Diwan, 192 Alahyar Kh an, 196, 324 Ahmadnagar, 200 Arab Dast Gh aib, 203, 204 Azam Khan Nawab, 210, 211, 214 Ali Yardi Khan, 218,219, 221 Ali Mardan Khan, 237 Atau-Hah Kh an, 225, 310, 311, 359 Alamgirnagar or Kuch Behar town, 224 Abu Talib Mirza, surnamed Shais- ta Khan. 227, 228 Abul Hasan, 229, 230, 231 Anwar Khwajah. 240 Asam Khwajah, 240, 287 Azimganj, 244 Ayema, 244 AlL^mgha, 244 Abdul Wahed, 250 Azimabad, 252, 267, 269, 295, 310, 324, 349, 852, 353, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 368, 375, 377, 381, 382, 383, 385, 386, 387, 396, 397 Amins, 253, 256 Akram Khan Syed, 254, 265 Abdullah Khorasani Haji, 255 Amils, 238, 256, 255 Assadullah, 257, 390, 391 Andinarain, 259 Abu Turab Mir, 266 Assad Khan, 268, 272, 273 Afrasiab Khan, 269, 270 Ahsanullah Khan, 277, 278, 284 Atlrup, 278 A jmir, 279 Akhi Siraju-d-din Hazrat Ma&h- dum, 279 Abdur Rahman Khalifa, of Spain, 282 Alamchand Diwan, 291, 292 Azam Shah, 293 Abdul Karim Khan, 296, 297 Aga Sadiq, Zamindar, 300, 301 Azam Khan, 306 Ali Quli Khan. 306 Aurangabad, 312 Alau-d-diu Mahmud Khan, 326 Abdul Aziz Mir, 328, 350 Abid Khan, 328 Ali Akbar Mir, 328 Asaf Jah Nizamul-Mulk, 309, 330, 411, 412 417 Anwaruddin Khan, 331, 411, 412 Azizullah Mir, 332 Amanat Khan, 334 Amin Khan Md., 336 Ali Qarawal, surnamed Ali Bliai, 338, 347, 348 Abul Hasan Mir, 343 Abdur Rasul Khan. 346, 350, 352 Abdul Nabi Khan. 299, 316, 350 Ahsan Quli Khan, 354 Amena Begam. 356, 381, 382 Amaniganj, 356 Abdur Rashid Shaikh. 368 Abu Turab Khan. 369 Amir Beg, 370 Ahmad Shah Abdali, 386 Amytt, Mr., 388, 389 Abdullah Mir, 388, Adams, Major, 390, 391 Adhua nalla, 380, 390, 391, 395 396, Abdullah Shaikh, 390 Antony, 391 Arab Ali Khan. 391 Ali Ibrahim Khan. 391, 392, 393 Alam Khan. 395 Abul Feda, 400 Alauddin Khilji, Emperor, 400, Albuquerque, 403 Admiral Amir Husain, 403, 404 Almeida, 403 Ayaz Malik, 404 Aden, 407 Ali Adil Shah, 407, 408 Adilabad, 408 Agha Muhammad Zaman, 410 Amiru-l-Mulk Salabat Jang, 411 412 Arkat (Arcot), 413, 414 Agartola, 301 B Bengal, 3, 4, 5, 6 7,8, 9, 10, 11.12, 13.14 15,17,19,20. 23, 24, 25, 26, 28. 30, 32, 34, 40, 47, 49, 51, 54, 55, £6, 57, 58, 59, 60, 62, 63, 64, 65, 68, 69, 70, 71, 82, 87, 88. 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 100, 101, 103, 104, 107, 108, 111, 113,116, 120, 121, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135,136, 137,138, 140, 141, 151, 162, 195 202 Behar. 8, 59, 60, 10, 23, 25, 34, 50, 58, 61, 62, 63, 64, 72, 89,114,132, 134, 138. 139, 149 HI. 152.