APPENDIX B.

Members of the ex-Imperial Family of Delhi, resident at Benares.

The six Delhi princes, now resident at Benares, are the lineal descendants of Mirza Jehandar Shah, heir-apparent to Shah Alam, the last of the Delhi Emperors. Jehandar Shah, having incurred the displeasure of his father, and being in danger of his life, fled from Delhi, and took refuge at the Court of Lucknow, where a stipend of Rs. 25,000 a month was assigned by the Oude Government for his support. Afterwards, in 1788, he came to Benares to reside under the protection of the British Government. The extensive range of buildings on the river side, called the Shewalla, which was formerly a place of worship, belonging to Raja Cheit Singh, and was sequestrated by Government on that Chief's insurrection, was placed by Mr. Duncan, the British Resident, at the disposal of Mirza Jehandar Shah. His family have lived there ever since. The Prince died in May, 1788, and a pension of Rs. 17,000 a month was sanctioned by Government for the support of his family; and this provision was subsequently guaranteed by the 6th Article of the Treaty concluded with the late Nawab Vizier, Saadat Ali Khan,

in 1798.

1. Mirza Md. Syed Bakht, Peari Sahib

Rs.

649

2. Mirza Muzaffar Bakht......... 192

3. Mirza Nadir Bakht...

192

4. Mirza Mauz-ud-din Bakht.... 307

These six Delhi Princes are recipients of monthly pensions from Government, as set forth opposite their names in the margin. They are the last representatives of the family of the Great Moghals. Within the four walls of their simple residence is all that remains to them of the magnificent empire which Baber founded, and which his successors extended from the farthest snows of the Hindu Kush to the palm groves and

5. Mirza Rahim-ud-din Bakht... 280 6. Mirza Md. Mohsam Bakht.... 234

rice fields of the southern peninsula. The grants of land their fathers conferred upon faithful servants and adherents have been transmitted through many generations to persons now wielding sovereign powers and enjoying princely revenues and commissions of authority delegated by them to military commanders have expanded into royal prerogatives. The shoots are springing up into great trees, while the parent trunk is fallen and decayed. The last members of this worn-out race, sauntering listlessly on the terrace that overlooks the solemn waters of the Ganges, must feel that they belong to a bygone world; and the echo of the noisy present must fall harshly on their ears as their servants gossip to them of the new empire, or tell them of strange pageants in the ancient capital of their line.

A genealogical tree of these Princes is appended :—

The Emperor Shah Alam, the last of the "Great Moghals," died 1806.
Jehandar Shah died May 1788

APPENDIX C.

The Descendants of the Peishwa.

A young Brahman, who was educated at the Government College of Bareilly, and who now lives in that city, is the lineal representative of the Peishwas, who at the beginning of this century ruled over a wide and magnificent empire, and exacted homage and allegiance from the great. Houses of Sindia, Holkar, Gaekwar and Puar. This young man receives from the British Government a pension of about Rs. 2,000 a month. His name is Madhu Rao. The appended table shows his origin.

*Baji Bao had, by a Mussalman concubine, a son, who, following the religion of his mother, was named Shamsher Bahadur. This was the father of Ali Bahadur who conquered the greater part of Bundelkhand. On the establishment of British authority throughout Bundelkhand, Ali Bahadur's son, Shamsher Bahadur, was glad to accept a provision of four lakhs a year, with permission to reside at Banda. He was commonly spoken of afterwards as "the Nawab of Banda." His brother, Zulfikar Ali, succeeded him. The next Nawab, Ali Bahadur, joined the mutineers in 1857, and forfeited his pension. He was, for the remainder of his life, kept under surveillance at Indôr. He died in 1873. His three sons are now at Indore, receiving their education at the Residency (Rajkumar) College.

† Executed for rebellion in 1857.

The infamous perpetrator of the Cawnpore atrocities in 1857.

*This Statement is very incomplete and imperfect; and an apology is perhaps due to the reader for

Azim-ud-daula

Canoji Angria

......

Sindia.

Head of family receives pension of

Rs. 5,250.

Title of Prince of Arcot conferred upon Treaty concluded, 31st July 1801.
Representaitve of family; and pen-
sion of Rs. 3,00,000.

Life pensions amounting to Rs. 53,560
were settled on different members of
Angria family.

Virarajendra Wodyar. Raja and family pensioned

Proclamation issued at Bangalore, 15th March 1834.

Imdad Hussein Khan. Stipend of Rs. 1,08,000 per annum Treaty concluded at Bareilly, 4th

settled on him; forfeited in 1857 by
rebellion of Taffazull Hussein.

Received pension of Rs. 500 a month.

Widows and other members of family
granted assignments of land.
The family receive pensions amounting
to Rs. 2,03,000 a year.

Twelve lakhs a year granted to the ex-
King; with a separate provision for
collateral relatives.

Guaranteed a pension of not less than
four lakhs of rupees a year.

Received an allowance of eight lakhs
a year with a residence at Bithur
near Cawnpore.

Gratuities and pensions conferred upon
Ranis, their adopted heir and descen-
dants.

Government settled an annual pension
of Rs. 52,800, on last Chief's son-in-
law and two grand-daughters; raised

in 1857 to Rs. 1,00,000.

When Serfoji abdicated he was guaran- Treaty of 1799.

teed a pension of one lakh of pagodas

and one-fifth of the net revenues.

The brother Madhu Rao draws pension

of Rs. 30,000 a year.

its introduction in its present State; but it suggests a plan upon which fuller information might be based.