Tarikh-i saʿadat-i jawid 8: Maharaja Nuwul Rai.

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He was a Suksaina Kayath by caste, and an inhabitant of the district of Etawa. In the commencement of his career he served Nawab Burhanu-l Mulk as a writer; but Nawab Safdar Jang gave him the title of Raja, and appointed him his deputy and commander-in-chief, in which capacity he punished the insurgents of the province severely. Although the Nawab Wazir resided at Dehli for several years, yet, through the good management of the Maharaja, no disturbance ever arose in the country under his rule. At the time when Muhammad Shah Badshah went against 'Ali Muhammad Khan, and besieged the fort of Bangash, he could not take it, though it was made only of mud, and he was accompanied by all the nobles of his Court. But when, according to the orders of the Nawab Wazir, the Maharaja reached the place, he demolished the wall of the fort in one day with the fire of his heavy artillery, and having enhanced his reputation, was received with distinction by his master. It has been above mentioned that Maharaja Nuwul Rai was slain after a bold resistance in the battle with Ahmad Khan Bangash.