NAAMET-QHAN-AALY, historian of the time of Aoreng-zib; his narration of the Siege of Golconda quoted in this work, iv, 204.

NADYR SHAH, the Iranian adventurer; undertakes an expedition to Cabool through the unguarded passes, i, 300. Sends messages and embassy to Delhi; puts the Afghans to the sword; takes possession of the fortress of Candahar, i, 303. His message to the Cutwal of Cabool; his victory over the Caboolians; his envoys to the Court of Mahmed-shah coldly received, i, 305. His envoy slain at Jelal-abad; his order for a general massacre, i, 306. His victory over the Imperial army, i, 310. Agrees to conclude a peace on payment of two corors of Rupees as war indem­nity, i, 312. Has his eyes opened to the wealth of India; commands the Emperor Mahmed-shah to appear at his court for an interview, i, 313. Enters the capital; takes up his quarters in the castle, i, 314. His rumoured death; seven hundred of his soldiers massacred, i, 315. Orders for an indiscriminate massacre in the capital; draws a Princess from the sergalio and marries her to his son; adds to his dominions the provinces of Sind and Cabool; receives a sumptuous entertainment from the Emperor, i, 316. Presents the Emperor with a Djica (gold orna­ment) and returns him his crown of Hindostan; departs for his own dominions, i, 317.

NAKI-AALY-QHAN, the author’s brother; his intimacy with Mir-djaafer-qhan; his ambitious views; his respectful letter to the new Navab Mir-djaafer-qhan, ii, 247. Leaves Benares and arrives at Azim-abad; gets an order to return to Benares; applies for help to Mir-cazem-qhan, ii, 248. His petition to Mir-djaafer-qhan for realease of his paternal estate; his petition granted, ii, 265. Parts with Mir-djaafer-qhan at Patna; returns to Azim-abad, ii, 268. Recovers his paternal Djaghiry estate, ii, 277. His arrival at the camp of Emperor Shah-aalem, ii, 356. His situation of Paymaster of the Imperial household; his titles, ii, 409.

NAND-COMAR, appointed Prime Minister to Mir-djaafer-qhan; his conduct towards Mahmed-reza-qhan, Governor of Dje­hanghir-nagur-Dacca, ii, 557. Appointed Divan to Navab Nedjm-ed-dowla; the centre of all public and private business in Bengal; in friction with Governor Vansittart; sent for to Calcutta by the Members of the English Council; charged with misdemeanour, iii, 3. Dismissed from office; a prisoner within the precincts of Calcutta, iii, 4. Joins the party of General Clavering to bring down Mr. Hushtin; cuts a conspicuous figure, iii, 75. His infamies exposed; his forged obligation bond in favour of the Banker Boolaki­das; his trial before a Grand-jury; his guilt proved, iii, 78. His case with other records sent to England; his cause taken up by General Clavering; his execution; his property amounting to a Corror of Rupees delivered to his son, Radja Goor-das, iii, 79.

NANEC-SHAH, the partiarch of the Syc sect, i, 82. Succeeded by his servant, Angad, in preference to his children, i, 84.

NASSYR-DJUNG, second son and successor to Nizam-el-mulk; overawes the Marhattas by the firmness of his government; marches against his cousin, Hedaiet-muhi-eddin-qhan, iii, 319. His victory, iii, 320. Slain by a conspiracy, iii, 321.

NASSYR-EDDIN-HAIDER-QHAN, brother-in-law to Vezir Abool-mansoor-qhan; sent by the latter to the assistance of Nevol-ray, iii, 291.

NASSYR-QHAN, appointed Governor of Cabool by Ahmed-abdaly; retires to Peshawar on the Caboolians deserting him, iii, 253. Defends himself against the Abdaly; turns a fugitive, iii, 255. His arrival at Lahore; his dis­approval of the Governor’s proposal to a combination against the Abdaly-king, iii, 256.

NECO-SYUR, a competitor to the throne of Delhi; his castle and person seized, i, 144.

NEDJEF-QHAN, MIRZA, a Commander of renown; enters into the service of Navab Mir-cassem-qhan; ordered to join the defenders of Udua-nala, ii, 495. How he signalises himself, ii, 496. His escape over the hills, ii, 498. Joins Mir-cassem-qhan in his camp at Nelitoo; his advice to the Navab; dismissed with a present, ii, 514. Takes service with the Radja of Bundelcund, ii, 519. Joins the English with his Moghuls; accompanies Major Stibbert in his march to Illah-abad, ii, 578. Receives orders to chastise the Marhattas, iv, 39. Conspiracy against him, iv, 40. His determined stand, iv, 41. Regains the con­fidence of the Emperor; forms a combination with the Marhattas, iv, 42. Overcomes the Rohillas, iv, 43-44. His projects and conquests, iv, 47-48. Beginning of his fortune; Acber-abad taken by, iv, 49. Enters into an alliance with Shudja-ed-dowla, iv, 58. Agrees to a treaty of partition with Shudja-ed-dowla, iv, 59. Shews every demonstration of favour and regard to Zabeta-qhan, iv, 60. Becomes an independent Sovereign; augments his army on a magnificent scale, iv, 108. His conquests; his operations against Zabeta-qhan, iv, 109-111. Causes the hostile Abdol-ahed-qhan to be removed from the ministry; confiscates his property and confines his person; designs to attack and subdue the Sycs, iv, 114.

NEDJIB-ED-DOWLA, alias NEDJIB-QHAN, a Rohilla General; recommended to the dignity of “Prince of Princes,” iii, 364. Becomes Minister to the Emperor Aalemghir the Second; sends the Imperial Prince Aaly-goher to a place of safety, iii, 365. Entertains the fugitive Prince for eight months, iii, 369. His ruin contemplated by Umad-el-mulk, iii, 370. Joins with Shudja-ed-dowla for their common cause; stands in defence against the Marhattas, iii, 371. Invites the co-operation of Shudja-ed-dowla to face the Marhattas, iii, 372. Invites the assistance of the Abdaly-king to stand against the Marhattas, iii, 378. Raised to the dignity of “Prince of Princes” by the Abdaly-king, iii, 393. His friction with Sooroodj-mull, iv, 28. Offers assistance to the Beloochees against Sooroodj-mull, iv, 30. His war with Sooroodj-mull, iv, 31. An estimate of his character; his death, iv, 34-35.

NEDJM-ED-DOWLA, nicknamed Mir-pahlori; succeeds his father, Mir-djaafer-qhan, as Navab by order of Mr. Middleton and Mr. Johnstone; presents a sum of money to the latter in recognition of the favour received; acts for sometime as absolute Governor; his strange and sudden death, iii, 13.

NEEC, Mr., a Member of the Council at Azim-abad, along with Mr. Macsool (Maxwell) and others; his passionate temper, iii, 108-109.

NEFISSA-BEGUM, paid great respect to by Aaly-verdy-qhan i, 355. Adopts an illegitimate child of Ser-efraz-qhan, i, 356. Success of her scheme, ii, 109.

NEVAZISH-MAHMED-QHAN, son-in-law of Aaly-verdy-qhan, made Governor of Djehanghir nagur-Dacca; Appointed Divan of Bengal, i, 344. Adopts Nefissa-begum for his mother; his great respect for her; his liberality in supporting poor widows, i, 356. Flies for fear of the Marhattas with family and furniture, i, 396. Appointed Deputy Governor of Moorshood-abad, i, 402. His grief at the death of his adopted son, Ecram-ed-dowla, ii, 119. Conceives a fondness for the infant son of Ecram-ed-dowla, ii, 120. His consent to the murder of Hossein-cooly-qhan, ii, 124. Attacked by hydropsy, ii, 126. His death and burial, ii, 127. His extensive charities; a few instances of his other eminent qualities, ii, 128-133.

NEVOL-RAY, Deputy, to Abool-mansoor-qhan; sets out at the head of a body of veterans to assist his master against the Rohilla, iii, 237. Introduced to the Emperor Mahmed-shah, iii, 238. Rises in favour with the Vezir Abool-mansoor-qhan; made his Deputy throughout the whole Government, iii, 290. In action with the revolted Afghans, iii, 291. Defeated and slain, iii, 292.

NIZAM-AALY, MIR; his surname of Assef-dja; appointed Governor of Berar, iii, 354. Assumes the office of Prime Minister and becomes the centre of all affairs, iii, 355. Cedes to the Marhattas the fortresses of Dowlet-abad, Assir and Bidjapoor, iii, 359. His engagement with the Marhattas; defection in his army, iii, 396. Defeats the Marhattas and pursues them, iii, 400. Gives a finishing blow to the Mar­hatta power, iii, 401.

NIZAM-ED-DOWLA, son of Nizam-el-mulk; shakes off his father’s authority; defeated in battle and taken prisoner, iii, 216. Abstains from attending the Imperial Court for reasons of his own; resolves to conquer the Carnatic, iii, 221.

NIZAM-EL-MULK, Fodjdar of Moorad-abad, sent for to Court under pretence of promotion; dismissed, i, 116. Settles troubles and disturbances in his Government, i, 151. Answers a diplomatic letter of Hossein-aaly-qhan in a haughty style, i, 152. Revolts openly, i, 153. Occupies the fortress of Ashir and the citadel of Boorhanpur, i, 156. Treats a lady of distinction with honour, i, 157. His vic­tory at Boorhanpur, i, 162-163. His second victory over the Seids at Balapoor i, 167-170. Congratulates the Emperor Mahmed-shah on his victory; honoured with a glance of the Imperial eye, i, 203. Promoted to the Vezir-ship, i, 236. His sage admonitions to the Emperor; looked upon with an evil eye by his rivals, i, 237. Appointed to the Government of Goodjerat, i, 238. Debauches several Commanders of his rival, Haider-cooly-qhan, i, 240. His discontentment with the Imperial party; his intention to resign his post; his promotion; his decorations and titles, i, 246. Humoured by the Emperor; encountered in a bloody action by Mubariz-qhan at the instigation of the Emperor, i, 247. Put upon his own guard; excites the Marhattas to invade Malva, i, 257. Invested with the title of Assef-dja and called to Court, i, 294. Marches to chastise Badji-rao, i, 295. Appears in the court of Nadyr-shah; offers submission; concludes a treaty; invested with the Qhylaat of “The Prince of the Princes,” i, 312. His death, ii, 162. Defeats his rebellious son, Nizam-ed-dowla, in a battle and takes him prisoner, iii, 216. Some account of his ancestry and family, iii, 282. A brief review of his career, iii, 283-284.

NOBET-RAY, Radja; appointed Deputy-Governor of Azim-abad, ii, 431. Displaced by Mir-mehdi-qhan; made to live at the court of Mir-cassem-qhan, ii, 449.

NOOR-EL-HASSEN-QHAN, a Commander under the Vezir Abool-mansoor-qhan; wounded by a cannon-ball, iii, 296.

NOOR-OLLAH-BEG-QHAN, appointed Paymaster-General of the forces of Aaly-verdy-qhan, ii, 27.