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460 MAN himself and came to Kanauj to study the state of the Indian government. There he found that an elephant had broken loose, and in the attempt to capture it, it had killed some men. The king of Irán then shot the animal, and by this act of heroism was discovered by the king of Kanauj, who cordially welcomed him, seated him on his own throne, bestowed on him the hand of his daughter, and immense wealth, and bade them adieu with all possible marks of honour and affection. Rája Bás Deo on his death left two sons, who both of them fought for the succession, acd lost their lives. Rám Deo, the general of the late rája's army, who had through his influence secured the confidence of the army, usurped the throne of Kanauj, bestowing on his brother, Mán Deo, the estate of Mánpar, which was in after days called Manikpur by Raja Mánik Chand. ates from many Mán Deo was a very powerful rája, who obtained tri other chiefs, and his descendants retained the sovereignty for some time. In 409 A.H., 1018 A.D., says " Farishta," the throne of Kanauj was filled up by Rája Kora, but the name in "Elphinstone" and other autho- rities appears to be Kunwar Ráe. This rája was very subservient to Mah- múd of Ghazni, and became at last a convert to Islámism. All the neigha- bouring chiefs entertained ill-will towards him on that account, and the Kálinjar chief marching to fight him, and the Kanauj rája failing to receive the Moslem aid in time, fell desperately in battle. Rája Jai Chand was a member of Rám Deo's family, and his ancestor succeeded at the close of the Kunwar Ráe's line. Rája Jai Chand, on his accession to the ráj, granted the following ilaqas to his step-brother Rája Mánik Chand :- 1. Pargada Máapur or Mánikpur. 2. Arwar or Partabgarh. 3. Bhalwál (known 48. Kalál), situated on the Sultanpur and Luckyow road, 4. Thulendi, in Rae Bareli. 5. Bilkhar or Patti Dalippur. 6. Játs. 7. Dalmau. 8. Rae Bareli. 9. Salon. 10. Bajhat or Parkerámpur, taluqa of Dariápur, pergang tti, 11. Kot (not identified), 12, Chaubári. 13. Mirzapur Chaubari. 14. Ráepur. Sayyad Qutb-ud-din fought a battle with Rája Jai Chand and conquered Kansuj ; the latter sought refuge in the fort of Karra, and his brother Mánik Chand in that of Mánikpur. The Moslems pursuing them divided their forces into two detachments, and sent one under Qiám-ud-din, the son of Qutb-ud-din, to subdue Mánikpur, while Qutb-ud-dín hinaself remained at Karra. Two months' war swept away thousands both of the besiegers and of the besieged, but at last the rájas of both of the places took their families with them, left their forts, and retreated towards the south into some mountainous region. The “Tazkirat-us-Sádát" says, that Qutb-ud-din Íbák, the Governor of Oudh, also came to assist the Moslems: in the conquest of these forts.