Riyaz al-salatin 109.2.2

109.2.2

When Shuja'u-d-daulah acquired the Nizamat of the Subah of Bengal, Haji Ahmad became his intimate associate and councillor in all affairs of the Nizamat; whilst Mirza Bandi was invested with the Mansab and title of A'li Vardi Khan, and appointed Faujdar of the Chaklah of Akbarnagar (Rajmahal). Similarly, the Haji's eldest son, named Muhammad Riza, received the office of Daroghah or Superintendent of the Bajutrah of Murshidabad; his second son, Aga Muhammad Sa'id, was appointed Deputy Faujdar of Rangpur; whilst his youngest son, Mirza Muhammad Hashim, was invested with the Mansab and title of Hashim A'li Khan. Pir Khan, who during Shuja'u-d-daulah's stay at Burhanpur had rendered faithful services, and who from his youth to old age had passed his days in his company, was at this time invested with the Mansab and title of Shuja' Quli Khan, and given the Faujdari of the Port of Hugli, on the transfer of Ahsanul-lah Khan. Merit is no passport to worldly advancement, When times are propitous, failings seem accomplishments.