When Alumgeer died in the Dekhan, Behader Shah*, his eldest son, mounted the throne at Dehly, when he assumed the title of Shah Alum*, and proved a wise and just prince. Contrary to the politicks pursued by his father, he set at liberty all the princes of the royal family whom he had confined, and made them his companions; and, by his condescension and kind­ness, attached them heartily to his interest. Jaffer Khan sent him a nuzzir and peishkush, and obtained a khelut*, with a confirmation of his former sunnud*.

Azeem us Shan, who was at this time soo­bahdar of Bahar, left Sirbullend Khan, his naib, at Patna, and repaired himself to Dehly.

Sultan Ferukhseer, a short time before the inauguration of Shah Alum, had come from Jehangeernagur to Moorshe dabad, where he took up his residence at Loll Baugh*, with the permission of Jaffer Khan, who gave him a very kind reception, and appointed for him an establishment suitable to his rank.

After a reign of seven years, Shah Alum died, and his eldest son, sultan Moezeddeen*, with the assistance of Assad Khan the vizier, and some others of the nobility, after killing Azeem us Shan in battle, succeeded to the empire. Jaf­fer Khan sent him the usual presents, and he, in imitation of his predecessors, confirmed the sunnud of Jaffer Khan, who had invariably observed the utmost punctuality in remitting the revenues of Bengal to the reigning Emperor.

When sultan Ferukseer first entertained thoughts of dethroning Moezeddeen, he applied to Jaffer Khan for supplies of money and troops. But he positively refused, declaring that no consideration should make him depart from his duty to his lawful sovereign. Ferukh­seer did not press Jaffer Khan any farther, but depending solely upon fortune, began his march from Bengal at the head of a very inconsiderable body of men, with the royal artillery, which he had brought from Jehangeernagur. On his arrival at Bahar, a party proclaimed him Emperor, when he raised contributions from the merchants of that province. He marched from thence to Benaris*, where he wanted to bor­row a crore of rupees from Nugger Seat*, and other merchants; to be repaid as soon as he should be fixed on the throne: and he actually obtained some lacks from them on those condi­tions. Syed Abdullah Khan*, and Syed Hassan Aly Khan*, the two brothers, who were Nazims of Oudh and Allahabad, being dissatisfied with Jehandar Shah, joined Ferukhseer with an army, and supplied him with the treasure of both soobahs; and, through their powerful interest, raised him to the throne. The Bengal treasure from Jaffer Khan, which, on account of the disputes about the empire, Shujaeddeen Mahommed Khan,* the darogha, had deposited in the garden of Shehr Ara*, under a guard of three hundred cavalry, was also seized by them, and enabled them to entertain a large army. Syed Hassan Aly Khan, in return for his eminent services, was raised to the viza­rut.

Ferukhseer being greatly dissatisfied at the conduct of Jaffer Khan, appointed to the soo­badary of Bengal, Rasheed Khan*, the elder brother of Afrasiab Khan*, commonly called Mirza Ajmeery*, of a noble and eminent family in Bengal, and had who been in the royal ser­vice; he carried with him an army in order to dispossess Jaffer Khan, who was so little alarmed at this invasion, that he did not think it necessary to raise a single recruit.

Rasheed Khan entered Bengal through the passes of Telliahgurry and Sankreegully. Jaffer Khan quietly waited his arrival at Moorsheda­bad. Early in the morning, when Rasheed Khan was advanced within three coss of the city, Jaffer Khan sent off a detachment of two thou­sand horse and foot, commanded by Meer Ben­gally*, and Syed Anwer Jownpoory*. A battle ensued, when Syed Anwer was slain, and Meer Bengally obliged to retreat. When Jaf­fer Khan received intelligence of this defeat, he sent a reinforcement of cavalry under the command of Mohammed Jan, the foujdar of Moorshedabad, and soon after followed him himself on an elephant, with all the troops he could collect together. Another battle was fought on the plain of Kurreemabad*, adjoin­ing to the city. The presence of Jaffer Khan giving vigour to his troops, they made a fierce attack upon the enemy; and Rasheed Khan, being slain by an arrow from the hand of Meer Bengally, his army was totally routed, and many taken prisoners.

Jaffer Khan returned in triumph to the city; and ordered that the heads of Rasheed Khan and his party, should be stuck in a pyramid, on the high road to Dehly.

Ferukhseer, on his way to Dehly, before he had come to an engagement with Jehandar Shah, heard of the fate of Rasheed Khan, and was ashamed at having thus exposed his own weakness.

As soon as Ferukhseer had deposed Jehandar Shah, and raised himself to the throne, Jaffer Khan sent him the usual nuzzir, and peishkush, and remitted to him the accustomary revenues of Bengal, as he had punctually done to all his predecessors. Ferukhseer, hereupon, confirmed Jaffer Khan in his soobahdary.

Futtehchund Seat*, the nephew and gomshatah of Nugger Seat Manickchund*, who had rendered very important services to Jaffer Khan, was by him recommended to the favour of the Emperor; who, in consequence, conferred upon him the title of Jugget Seat*, and appointed him banker to the Bengal treasury.

On the death of Syed Rezee Khan, dewan of Bengal, the Emperor Ferukseer, at the intreaty of Jaffer Khan, appointed to that office his grandson, Mirza Assedullah*, the son of Shuja eddeen Mohammed Khan, nazim of Orissa. With this appointment, Assedullah obtained the title of Sirafraz Khan*.

It is the custom of the Empire, that, on the death of an aumeer, or munsebdar, who is the immediate servant of the crown, all his wealth is confiscated, becomes the property of the government; insomuch, that not a grain of his estate goes to his children or family; and even the corpse is unprovided with a winding sheet. Jaffer Khan had no son; but, out of his regard for his grandson, had the fore-sight to purchase, from the income of his own jageer, in the name of Mirza Assedullah, (better known by his title of Sirafraz Khan) the zemindary of the city of Moorshedabad, situated in the pergunnah of Koolheriah of Kismut Chunakholly, from Mohammed Aman, a talookdar of the aforesaid Kismut and had it registered in the books of the khalseh and of the canoongoes, under the description of Assednagur; and which became known by the appellation of the Khass Talook. The reason for Jaffer Khan’s conduct herein, was, that in case of a decline of fortune, there might be left for his posterity a plate of victuals, a bare competency to sustain the vital spirit: and that after paying the royal revenue, the profit might come to them, and their name remain, and be preserved in the pages of time.* He conferred the office of naib of Jehangeer­nagur upon Mirza Lutfullah*, the son in law of Shuja Khan; and he also obtained for him the title of Moorshed Kuly Khan.

When Syed Abdullah Khan, the vizier, and his brother Syed Hassan Aly Khan, found that Ferukhseer wanted to make himself indepen­dent of heir authority, they put him to death, and raised to the throne Raffeih ul Kudder*.