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 H. H. THE Nawab of Banganapalli.

Khan Nnghdi, and found her way to a remote part of the world, Arcot, in Southern India, where she sought for, and obtained the bountiful help and powerful protection of the Nawab Sadut-ulla- Khan. The mind of Saiyid Ali was unhinged by the violent calamity that happened to his father, and his whereabouts were not known. The other, Saiyid Mahomed Khan Nughdi, was made a Munsubdar, and by dint of courage, resourcefulness and tact, he soon rose to be the Commander of a thousand horse in the service of the Nawab of Arcot. He subse- quently married the grand daughter of the then Jaghirdar of Banganapalli, Fazle Ali Khan, who was a descendant of the grand Vizier of Aurangazeb.

Banganapalli was originally under the sway of a, chief named Kaja Nanda Chakravarthi and his descen- dants. Ismail Adil Sha, the ruler of Bijapur, attacked and conquered, in 1643, Banganapalli and the surrounding Zamindaries, of which he gave Banganapalli as a Jaghir, in reward for services rendered, to his General, Siddu Simbul. At this time, Raja Gopal, the Zamindar of Kurnool, was a source of disturbance and annoyance to the surrounding Mahomedan Jaghirdars, and the King of Bijapur hearing of this, asked the Nawab of the Carnatic to proceed against Eaja Gopal and subdue him. This was done, and in recognition of this useful service, Abcul Wahab Khan, the Nawab of the Carnatic, had the Kurnool Zamindari conferred on him. Later on, however, the whole of the Dekhan was conquered by Aurangazeb, and the Kingdoms of Golconda and Bijapur lost their independence and fell, and with these, Banganapalli and-^ the surrounding Jaghirs passed directly under the sway of the Moghul Emperor, Aurangazeb. He appointed