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been^MolvisNizam-ud-din/Itmad-ud-dinand Mian Kalb Molvi Fandud-din (see pargana Gopamau) was Chakladar of Muhamdi in 1825 and 1826 and chakladar of Bangar in 1841 and 1842 Molvi Dost Y£r Khan rose to the rank of mansabdar. double colonnade of red sandstone pillars of Delhi stone mark a showy addition made by him to the family mansion. Molvi Ghulam Rasul was appointed Q^zi of Trichinopoly on its cession to the British in 1801. He and his son Muhammad Qakin built a stone mansion (baradari), from which circumstance their descendants acquired, the name of Biiradarias.



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The muhalla of the Kanauji Shekhs was founded during the reign of Akbar; of this stock Nawab Anwar-ud-din Khan, Sirij-ul-Umra, rose to be Subahdar of Arcot, under the Nizam Azam Jah in 1745. Four years later he fell in battle. The words " aftdb raft " ( the sun departed ) contain the date of the death in battle of the Nizam's Wazir Nawab Nazir Jang who marched to avenge his death and also fell. In his place was appointed Nawab Muhammad Ali Khan. He so filled his high post of Subahdar of Arcot that in 1760 Shah Alam bestowed on him the title of Wdla Jah and in 1786, on his sending magnificent presents to Mecca and Medina, the Sultan of Turkey conferred on him the distinguished appellation of Amirul-Hind Khadim-ul-Harmain.

Nawab Anwar-ud-din Khan, Naw£b Badr-ul-Islam appointed Subahdar of Katehar and Shekoabad by Muhammad Shah, and his nephew Nawab Munir-ud-din Khan Bahadur rose to the rank of Naib Subahdar in Bengal. The present Nawab Nasir-ul-IsMm Khan to whose book I am indebted for this information is of this distinguished family. The

eldest son of

Khan was

To Nawab Anwar-ud-din Khan the town owes a curious square well chaukantha" and a mosque. The Wala Jah repaired the Ldl Pir's mausoleum, and rebuilt in 1786 the Jama Masjid of Akbar's time which had been destroyed by an earthquake. The decoration is elaborate. The called "

building is about 62 by 26 eight hundred rupees.-

Nawab in

it,

feet.

Its restoration

would cost probably about

Badr-ul-Islam Khan built a sarde in 1775, and settled Bhatiaras off the high road it did not thrive.

but being

The settlement of the muftis in the muhalla of that name dates from the arrival of Shekh Muhammad A'dam Saddiqi in 1543, during the reign Muhammad Zaman of this house was appointed mufti, a of Sher Shah. post retained in the family till annexation. By far the most distinguished member of it was Wahaj-ud-din, styled Afzal-ul-Mal the tutor of Shah Jah^n's unfortunate eldest son Prince Dara Shikoh. This great scholar was the author of the celebrated Fatwa-e-Alamgiri. in 1562 when Shekh Qazi Bhiire and Hazrat Bandagi Nizam-ud-din migrated hither from Zaidpur. Ghulam Hasan Khan of this house was appointed Subahdar of Gujarat by

The Zaidpuria muhalla was founded

Farfiqi

Azam

Shah.

The khatibs or readers of the prayers for the king resided in muhalla Khatiban, The post was hereditary and was held from the time of Akbar