Shuja'-ud-daula, on whose
death in 1775 he succeeded. He changed the seat of government
from Faizabad to Lucknow, where he died in 1797, and was
buried in the Imambara. He is principally remembered for
his liberality. The merchants, on opening their shops, used to
sing:

_Jisko na de Maula,
Tisko de Asaf-ud-daula_.
Who from Heaven nought receiveth,
To him Asaf-ud-daula giveth.

[4] Mr. H.C. Irwin informs me that the Dargah is situated on the
Crommelin Road, rather more than a mile south-west of the
Machhi Bhawan fort. It was here that Nawab Sa'adat
'Al'i, on his accession, vowed that he would reform his
ways--an intention which was not realized.

[5] _Nujumi_, 'an astrologer'; '_ilm-i-nujum_, 'astrology,
astronomy'.

[6] The numbers are greatly exaggerated.

[7] Duldul was the name of the Prophet's mule which he gave to
'Ali. It is often confounded with Buraq, the
Assyrian-looking gryphon on which he alleged that he flew to
Mecca.

[8] _Aftabgir_, 'a sun-screen'; see p. 47.

[9] _Chaunri_, the bushy tail of the yak, used as a fly-flapper.

[10] Writing in 1849, General Sleeman remarks that Dom singers and eunuchs
are the virtual rulers of Oudh.--_A Journey through Oudh_, i, introd.
lxi, 178.

[11] Almas ['the diamond'] 'Ali Khan, known as Miyan ['Master']
Almas, according to General Sleeman, was 'the greatest and best man
of any note that Oude has produced. He held for about forty years
Miyanganj and other districts, yielding to the Oude Government an
annual revenue of more than eighty lacs of rupees [about L850,000].
During this time he kept the people secure in life and property, and
as happy as people in such a state of society can be; and the whole
country under his charge was during his lifetime a garden. He lived
here in great magnificence, and was often visited by his sovereign.'
(Ibid., i. 320 f.). Lord Valentia more than once speaks highly of him
(_Travels_, i. 136, 241). He also notes that the Nawab was
anxiously watching for his death, because, being a slave, under
Muhammadan law his estates reverted to the Crown.--See N.B.E. Baillie,
_Digest of Moohummudan Law_ (1875), 367 f.

[12] Afrin Khan, 'lord of praise', Mr. Irwin informs me, is
mentioned in the _Tarikh Farahbakhsh_ (tr. W. Hoey, 129) as
engaged in negotiations when Nawab Asaf-ud-daula, at the