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 MAN 475 and in it the emperor performed his devotions the next morning, and con- tinued his march to Agre. This mosque may still be seen in the village of Shabáb-ud-din-abad adjoining Manikpur, though now beginning to fall into decay. It is called the Yak-shabi Masjid. The emperor returned vid Rae Bareli, which was up to the time of Nawab Shujá-ud-daula within the Sarkár of Mánikpur. Mahantgir Gosháin.—Nothing worthy of record in connection with Mánikpur presents itself during the succeeding reigns of Bahadur Shah Jabándar (alias Moizz-ud-dín) and Farruk Siar, and we thus come down to the time of the Emperor Muhammad Shah, who ascended the throne in 1131 Hijri (A.D. 1719), and who reigned till the year 1161 Hijri (A.D. 1748). In the year 1132 Hijri (A.D. 1720), a Hindu named Mahantgir Gosháin was deputy governor of the Subah of Allahabad, and held office under Abdulla Khan, who, being Qutb-ul-mulk (one of the cabinet ministers) could not permanently reside at the seat of his govern- ment.* The deputy governor, Mahantgír Gosháín, rebelled against the emperor's authority, who forthwith sent against him Rája Ratan Chand, Sayyad Shah Ali Khan, and Muhammad Khan Bangash, with a sufficient force to coerce bim. Arrived before the fort at Allahabad, the Mahant sent a somewhat cool message to the royal officers, to the effect that if he were granted the Oudh Subahdarship, he would vacate his post at Allaha- bad. Strange to say he obtained bis request, and Abdulla Khan appoint- ed Rája Ratan Chand and Sayyad Shah Ali Khan as deputy governors in his place. Insurrections of the Rajputs.—Early the next year Abdulla Khan was made prisoner in an encounter with the emperor's troops at Delhi, a few days after the assassination of his brother, Husen Ali, at Agra ;t and for a few months the government of the province was carried on by Sayyad Shah Ali Khan. At the beginning of 1134 Hijri (A.D. 1722), the sanad of subahdar was conferred on Muhammad Khan Bangash, who was unable per- sonally to carry on the administration owing to his presence being requir- ed in his other government of Malwa. His son, Akbar Ali Khan, was left in charge at Allahabad. At this time, the neighbouring Rajput Taluq- dars of the subah rose in rebellion, and then commenced a period of anar- chy and lawlessness which lasted for more than forty years, and was only terminated by the simultaneous overthrow of the Mahrattas in 1174 Hijri (A.D. 1761), the independence of the sovereignty of Oudh, and the rising power of the British arms in Bengal. Taluqdars of this and adjoining districts. The following chieftaing are conspicuous in their bold assertion of independence, and on account of the large forces of men and arms they each and all kept up-vis., Rája Bhagwant Singh Khíchar, of Asothar, in the district of Fatehpur, Rája Hindúput Singh, Sombansi of Partabgarh, Rája Balbhadi Singh, Kanh- puria of Tiloi, Ráe Bháo Singh, Bisen of Rámpur, with their clansmen and retainers in arms,--and entering into a kind of offensive and defensive alliance, these taluqdars became a source of considerable trouble and Abdulla Khan's brother, Hosen Ali Khan, was Amir-al-Umra or Commander-in-Chief. + Vide detailed account in Elphinstone's History of India, 5th Edn., pages 694, 695.