Samsamu-d Daula or ‘Abdul Hai Khan, the son of Shall Nawaz Khan, was born in A.D. 1729, and was elevated to the rank of ” Khan” in 1748 by Nasir Jang, who also bestowed on him the diwani of Berar. Sulabat Jung made him commandant of Daulat-abad; but after the murder of his father Shah Nawaz Khan in A. D. 1757, ‘Abdul Hai Khan was imprisoned at Golkonda, till released in A.D. 1759 by Nizam ‘Ali Khan, who treated him with marked distinction, and reinstated him in his paternal title of Samsamu-d Daula Samsam Jang. ‘Abdul Hai Khan’s title at first was Shamsu-d Daula Dilawar Jang, but he was called Samsaum-l Mulk, and his poetical name was ” Sarim.” He completed his father’s manuscripts which had been collected and published by Mir Gholasm ‘Ali, and gave them to the world in their present form in A.D. 1779.
