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 . es from the main entrancegate of the KiUah. Jagat Sett was to dismount atfifty paces and the Roy Royan or Dewan at twentv-five. Others bad to dismount at the gate. Few coulduse the sun-shade or umbrella within the morning a small procession was drawn up,which danced attendance all day long. Certain disputes arose between Wala Jah andAmir-un-nissa Begum, the widow of Ali Jah, regard-ing the va
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 . es from the main entrancegate of the KiUah. Jagat Sett was to dismount atfifty paces and the Roy Royan or Dewan at twentv-five. Others bad to dismount at the gate. Few coulduse the sun-shade or umbrella within the morning a small procession was drawn up,which danced attendance all day long. Certain disputes arose between Wala Jah andAmir-un-nissa Begum, the widow of Ali Jah, regard-ing the valuable jewels and other moveable propertyleft or bequeathed bv Ali Jah. Mr. J. Ahmutv, whobore the oriental title of Hamid-ul-Mulk, Fukhrud-dowla, Ihtesham Jang, was deputed as a Commissionerto inquire into the matter. Referring to Mr. AhmutysReport, which noted several points calculated to pro-duce good results, the Governor General wrote toWala Jah—In all matters I hope your Highness willconsider me as your well-wisher. Wala Jah diedafter a short rule of three years. JAH, 1824—1838. Mobarak Ali Khan, better known as HumayuaJab, ascended the musnud of Bengal, Behar and. NAWAB HUMAYUN JAH. MAJUMDARS MURSHIDABAD- FANCY PRESS. .1 \ \ [ 51 ] Orissa on the death of his father, Wala Jah, in the 14th January, 1825, Lord Amherst wrote tohim a letter in Persian, which rendered runs thus :—Truly on the receipt of the joyful intelligence ofthe happy installation of your Highness on the throneof ancestral authority, the budding- of joy of thisfriend so bloomed with delight that to describe oneof its thousand blossoms or to draw a single rose fromthe bough in just array is beyond the flowers ofrhetoric. The same allowance continued to be paid. Huma3un Jah purchased from the East IndiaCompany the old Court houses at Findallbagh andconverted the grounds into a garden which is stillknown by his name. The present Palace at Murshida-bad was erected during his time, and
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