Riyaz al-salatin 109.1.7
The Riyazu-s-salatin (Abdus Salam) 109.1.7
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109.1.7
At this time, he was invested with the Deputy Diwani of the Subah of Bengal, and being appointed Superintendent-General of the Affairs of the Nizamat and the Diwani, he effected considerable retrenchments in the public expenditure, and received the personal Mansab of a Hazari with the title of Rai Raian — a title which until that time no officer of the Bengal Nizamat or Diwani had enjoyed. And Haji Ahmad and Mirza Bandi were sons of Mirza Muhammad, who was a cup-bearer of A'zzam Shah, a son of Emperor Aurangzeb A'lamgir. Haji Ahmad, on the death of his father, was appointed Cup-bearer and Superintendent of the jewellery-stores of Sultan Muhammad A'zzam Shah. As A'zzam Shah fell in the struggle for the Em-