Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c7.s7.4

v1.c7.s7.4

Shaikh Azmatullah Khān, of the Shaikhzāda family of Lucknow, had acted as imperial faujdār of Rohilkhand (with his head-quarters at Murādābād) from Farrukh-siyar's reign till his own death in 1737, and his eldest son Muin-ud-din had acted as magistrate of Barily during part of the time. Ali Muhammad Ruhela, in his obscure youth, had served them as a petty jamadār in their personal force. On Azmatullah's death, the governorship of Rohilkhand had gone out of the family to another man, Mir Ahmad Khān, and later on to Ali Muhammad. In 1745, on the downfall of the latter, Azmatullah's second son, Farid-ud-din, had been appointed to this post. His nephew Shaikh Qutb-ud-din (evidently the son of Muin) was living in his mud-fort of Chajlait,[*]