The musnud of Murshidabad (1704-1904) being a synopsis of the history of Murshidabad for the last two centuries, to which are appended notes of places and objects of interest at Murshidabad . hmed, who having brought over to his side JagatSett Fatteh Chand and Rai Rayan Alam Chand, plan-ned the Nawabs deposition and with that object inview, visited AH Verdi Khan, then at Delhi, askinghim to secure the imperial firman and then to marchagainst Serferaz Khan. Ata Ulla Khan, intercepted all correspondence andthus kept the prepafations of Ali Verdi Khan con-cealed. Serferaz Khan marched out with hi
The musnud of Murshidabad (1704-1904) being a synopsis of the history of Murshidabad for the last two centuries, to which are appended notes of places and objects of interest at Murshidabad . hmed, who having brought over to his side JagatSett Fatteh Chand and Rai Rayan Alam Chand, plan-ned the Nawabs deposition and with that object inview, visited AH Verdi Khan, then at Delhi, askinghim to secure the imperial firman and then to marchagainst Serferaz Khan. Ata Ulla Khan, intercepted all correspondence andthus kept the prepafations of Ali Verdi Khan con-cealed. Serferaz Khan marched out with his cavalry toKhamra, when he beared of Ali Verdi Khans advancethrough the defiles of Teliagarhi and Jagat Setts help, the Nawabs men had beensuborned and he found in his magazines bricks andclods in the place of cannon balls and powder. The Nawab superceded the men and gave Panchu^ ^^^Feringee, the son of Antony Feringee, the Portuguesephysician, the charge of his artillery. At Giria, the I attack began. The Nawab finished his prayer, tookup his Koran, and mounting his elephant, advancedtowards the enemy, when a bullet struck him in thehead and put an end to his NAWAB SERFERAZ KHAN. MAJUMOARS MURSHIDABAD. PANCY PRESS. [ 25 ] His son-in-law, Gazanffar Hossein, and HussanMohomed Khan, reached the city the next day andmade preparations to defend the capital; but all wasuseless. Haji Ahmed and then Ali Verdi Khan entered thecity and laying hold of the treasures, which wereseventy lacs in cash and l^fty crors in jewels, placedthem in charg-e of Yeasin Khan. Serferaz Khan was a man of valour and of a reli-gious temperament. His short career ended in l*ll|0. VERDI KHAN, 1740—1756. After his victory over Serferaz Khan at Giria, anda halt of three days near Gobranala, Ali Verdi Khanentered the city and proceeded to the residence ofAzimannessa Begum, Serferaz Khans mother, andalig-hting- from his elephant, sent to her a mostrespectful messag-e to solicit
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