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The one taluk of Poonamallee in Thirupachur Sarcar.

The Sannad conferred on them besides the hereditary titles of Shash Hazari Mansab and Shash Hazari Sawari Mansab. This was soon communicated to the guardian of the boys, who were then taken to Venkatagiri and the elder brother was duly anointed and installed Rajah of Venkatagiri in 1695 A.D. as a boy of six years.

Kumara Nayana. — Soon after, the Nawab himself promised the younger brother, Kumara Nayana in his Julu Sen 43 Sannad bearing the seal of his minister Muhammad Shaffi Khan, a free grant or jaghir of nine taluks, viz., Dupadu, Udayagiri, Addanki, Podili, Darsi, Karempudi, Pellur, Arikatla and Kotcherlakota in the North of Nellore district, yielding an annual rental of 16,725,000 dams or in Rs. 4,18,125, if he could defeat the unruly heads of these taluks, who had declared themselves independent of