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MAJ 423 No. Name of taluqdar and of his estate, No. of villages in this parguna in his ganad. Remarks 1 311 2 . Established in the parguna 150 years, Acquired since 1209 F. Ditto ditto 1234 K. 161 24 7 4 5 Bábu Jei Datt Singh of Bhíti Do. Abhai Datt Singh of Khajurábat Mír Baqar Husen of Pírpur Bábu Umresh Singh of Barágáon Bábus Udresh and Chaudrceh Siugh of Daharwa Sitia Bakhsh of Náramau Rája Shankar Bakhsh of Dera Rája Mádho Partáb Siugh of Kurvár Bába Rámeerúp of Kaprádih NB.-Petty zamindara 263 12 2 6 7 8 9 Ditto ditto 123 F. Ditto ditto 1244 F. Ditto ditto 1247 F. Ditto ditto 1226 F. Ditto ditto 1247 F. 2 66 164 Of these taluqdars only the first-named has his residence in the par- gana, and it will therefore be necessary to give the history of his family alone in this place. The house of Bhiti.--The taluqdar of this place, Bábu Jai Datt Singh, is of the Bachgoti tribe, a younger branch of the Kurwar family, which in common with the Rájkumárs is descended froin Rája Bariár Singh, Chauhan, who is said to have settled in these parts about the year 1248 A.D., and of whoin further details are given under the Rajkumar tribe mentioned in the Aldemau article. The first of the present family was Bábu Bariár Singh to whose share Bhíti fell. His father, Shankar Singh, had a fifth son, Jabar Singh, to whom was allotted Samarthpur, and he was the father of the late taluq- dar of that place, Bábu Maheshur Parshád Singh, whose widow, Thaku- ráin Hardás Kunwar, now holds that taluqa. Bábu Bariár Singh of Bhíti was in high favour with the famous Názim, Raja Darshan Singh, and he lost no opportunity of increasing his power and possessions through that official's consideration and influence. We read in Sleeman's Journal of his being sent by the Nazím to attack the then rising Garg bansi clan under their notorious chief Nihal Singh, and in the fight that followed the latter was slain. Bariár Singh was, however, frequently called to account for not paying his revenue, and between the years 1212 and 1259 fasli (A.D. 1805-1852) his stronghold was on five different occasions besieged by the authorities, and resisted for periods ranging from seven to twenty-two days. Terms were always even- tually made. Besides the occasion to which I have alluded, when Nihal Singh was killed, the retainers of the Bábu love to dwell on the prowess exkibited by his gathering, when, with the aid of Bábu Udresh Singh, of Meopur Daharua, they fought and vanquished Rája Rustam Sáh of Dera for the proprietorship of the village of Hechúpur and others. There is a peculiarity of tenure in this family under which the principal property, the Kurwár Ráj, descends undivided to the next həir, according to the law of primogeniture, while the lands of the junior