— BAH
114,
These were the Ansaris who, driving out the Bhars, settled themselves in Pachamba, Hisampur, and Tawakkulpur, occupying The Ansans. ^^^ bringing under cultivation some two hundred and In the last mentioned village they are said to have built fifty villages. an imposing fortress with fifty-two towers. It was they who gave the name of Hisampur to the old town of Pureni, ^^^ capital of the Bhar Chief Pliran Mai, who is said to Hisampur have been overthrown by Hisam-ul-Haq, one of the comrades and co-martyrs of Sayyad Salar. It is, however, not unlikely that the name was bestowed with a more interested motive than the wish to show respect and honour to the dead, and that it was a compliment to Malik Hisam-ud-din Tughlaq, who was Governor of Oudh about the year 1240 A. D.* In 1242 A. D. Sultan Alla-ud-din, son of Rukn-ud-din, came to the throne, and one of his first acts was to release from Nasir-ud-c'i brother prison his uncle Nasir-ud-din, brother and namesake mtrSSr.isJd: Of the destroyer Of the Bhars, and to appoint him to the charge of the district of Bdhraich. Nasir-ud-din Governor of Bahraioh. came with his mother, and "in that country and in the hills he fought many battles against the infidels. Under his kind rule Bahraich attained great prosperity. The fame of victorious and successful government spread in aU parts of Hindustan, so that the princes and nobles who were disgusted with the rule of Alla-ud-din sent letters to him pressing him to come to the capital."-!- He started from Bahraich in a litter disguised as a woman, and ascended the throne immediately on his arrival at Delhi. This was in 1246 A. D. i,
The new Sultan does not seem to have forgotten old friends, for we find him summoning one Jalal-ud-din from Oudh to take " up the office of qazi of the State, and soon afterwards ^ raich*"^ '
'
'
in
1853 Shams-ud-din of Bahraich was honoilred
in
the same way. It
is
was a distinct government from that of Oudh at this time, for Imam-ud-din Rihan, the disgraced minister of Sultan Nasir-ud-din, was relegated to his
clear that Bahraich
Bahraioli
a ^epar^e
™™
^
^®^ °^ Bahraich in 12.54 A. D., at the same time that the Government of Oudh was held by one Katlagh Khan. Taking advantage of his distance from the court, the ex-minister employed his time of exile in hatching plots, in consequence of which his fief was bestowed on Malik Taj -ud-din Sanjar, who, though kept in durance for some time by Imam-ud-din's friend Katlagh Khan at Ajodhya, at length managed to escape across the Sarju and make good his position in Bahraich. at
tWa
time.
Section VI.
The
district
in
the thio'teenth century.
It is probable that up to this time the jungle held its own as far south and The aspect of country west as the edge of that belt of high ground which has in 1250 A. D. fceen described as running through the district in a l
ui
.
- Tabaqat-i-Nasiri.
t Tabaqat-i-Nasiri.
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