Khan Bahadur, who was Subahdar of Lahaur under Muhammed Shah.
The army being thus within their power, thesubahdar by degrees vanished into an empty name.
The boy, as I expected, became alarmed, and told me that if I would not send him back with the angry old Subahdar he would do anything I pleased.
As the old Subahdar had not seen the boy take the necklace or even approach the clothes, I told him that we could do nothing, and he must take the boy back to camp and question him in his own way.
Clive then replaced the subahdarof Bengal by a man whom he believed to be friendly to the English.
The subahdar of Bengal had seized the property of some English merchants and imprisoned one hundred and forty-five Englishmen in a little room, where most of them died of suffocation before morning.
But the subahdar had announced that he would bring guests home to sup with him, and Kaluja was at his wits' end to provide the meal.
The subahdar was clearly in a state of great annoyance.
It is well you have a subahdarso much to your mind," said Ahmed.
His brows were drawn down, a deep vertical furrow divided his forehead; he wore a look of worry and embarrassment which accorded ill with his position as khansaman to a subahdar in the army of the king.
So worthy a missionary deserved well at the hands of Bahadur Shah, and the doddering old king at once made him a subahdar and gave him for residence the house which had just been purged of the defiling presence of an infidel Feringhi.
The subahdar commanded a regiment, but neither he nor his men had had any pay for weeks.
Though our new subahdar has not fought with us yet, he must be a very brave man, or our king would not have appointed him over the heads of other officers who led us.
His ability and his money drew to his cause theSubahdar of Oude, the famous Sujah ul Dowlah.
The present Nabob, Mobarek ul Dowlah, was a minor when he succeeded to the title and office ofSubahdar of the three provinces in 1770.
Asoph ul Dowlah, being the sole legitimate son, had all the pretensions to succeed his father, as Subahdar of Oude, which could belong to any person under the Mogul government.
Thenceforth it had become indispensable that the English should supervise the native rule, leaving to the Subahdar the initiative and the semblance.
Mir Jafar had thrown himself into his hands; he would use the chance to make it clear that he himself intended to be the real master, whilst prepared to render to the Subahdar the respect and homage due to his position.
These arrangements having been completed, Clive accompanied the Subahdar to the capital of Bihar, the famous city of Patna.
Clive was most unwilling to trust the political education of the Subahdar to such a man, or to others about him who possessed his unscrupulousness but did not share his ability.
By two o'clock the enemy's attack had completely ceased, and they were observed yoking their oxen preparatory to withdrawing within the intrenchment as the Subahdar had ordered.
Meanwhile the new Subahdar began to find that the State-cushion was not altogether a bed of roses.
The grounds to the objection were rather hinted at than expressed, for in those days the Court could not deny the right of the Subahdar to bestow, or of Clive to accept, so handsome a gift.
But the wily prince, learning that Nasir Jang was marching to his aid, managed to delay the chief payment until he had ascertained that the Subahdar was within striking distance of the place.
The 51st Sikhs, with the exception of Subahdar Aryan Singh and two sepoys, had not appeared.
He threw himself on the stooping subahdar and bore him to the floor, at the same time stuffing a gag between his teeth.
At the side of the sloop lay the dinghy intended to convey the subahdar and his men ashore when the work of sinking had been started.
The subahdar is a very fierce man; very zabburdasti {masterful}.
They groped their way in that direction; Desmond sprang up through the hatchway; it was clapped down and firmly secured, and the subahdar with two-thirds of his crew was a prisoner in the hold.
The subahdar was on the sloop farthest down the river, Hubbo on the next.
The signal would be given by the subahdar himself from his sloop.
All at once Desmond, remembering the real subahdar below, asked himself: what if he drove out the bungs and scuttled the vessel?
It is not yet driven through, but if your Excellency thinks it sufficient--" The subahdar craned forward to examine it.
And then, sir, it ought not to be impossible to secure the subahdar himself when the moment arrives.
A subahdar {equivalent to colonel of infantry} of Manik Chand's force was at present on board one of the sloops, to superintend the work of scuttling.
He could see the subahdar on deck, a somewhat portly figure in resplendent costume.
