Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c13.s1.12

v1.c13.s1.12

After her son's accession, Udham Bāi was successively given the titles of *Bāi-jiu Sāhiba*, *Nawāb Qudsia*, *Sāhiba-uz-zamāni*, *Sāhibjiu Sāhiba*, *Hazrat*, and *Qibla-i-Alam*. A mansab of 50,000 horse (nominal rank) was conferred upon her, and her birthday used to be celebrated with greater pomp and lavishness of expenditure than that of the Emperor himself. Her brother, Mān Khan, hitherto a vagabond haunting the lanes and occasionally following the despicable profession of a male dancer behind singing girls, was created a 6-*hazāri* peer with the title of Mutaqad-ud-daulah Bahādur. [*TAh.* 16*a*, 17*a*; *Ch. Gul.* 400*a*.]