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MOH 507 The season of his repose was occupied by the celebration of bis marriages first into the family of the old allies of his house, the Bisens of Rámpur in Partabgarh, and secondly with a daughter of the Bahrelas of Surajpur in Bara Banki, After a short breathing time he started on a fresh expedition with extended views. Marching through the recently, conquered pargana of Hardoi he encountered the Naibsthas of Bachhráwán under the com- mand of the gallant, young bastard of Sidhauli, and his total discomfiture deterred him from ever again attacking the too powerful chieftains of Baiswara. He might find some consolation in the easy conquest of the eastern parts of Nawabganj and south of Fyzabad, and when he finally returned to Tiloi, he was the acknowledged master of 14 Parganas. When Saídat Khan came back from the reduction of hagwant Rae Khíchar, he marched against Tiloi. The Rtja was old and feeble, and, when a sally led by his younger brother Newal Singh, had failed, he submitted unconditionally, and the next year saw his death. With the commencement of the Nawabi the intricate task of fixing dates and synchronisms ceases, and there is no further difficulty in carry ing the history down to the present day. Pem Singh succeede his father Mohan Singh at Tiloi, and is only famous for having married a princess of the Gharwars of Bijaipur. The lady is represented to have fallen in love with him and compelled the match, but the brilliancy of this chief- tain's position dispenses with the necessity of so improbable an explana. tion. Power and wealth regulate Chhattri marriages almost as frequently as caste, and to take an instance from this very family, Tiloi alone of all the Kanhpurias refuses to give its daughters to the Bais. After a reign of five years Pem Singh was succeeded by Balbhaddar Singh, the last of the great chieftains of this house. A child at the time of this father's death (it is said of him, as of almost all distinguished Hindus, that he was posthumous) his whole life was spent in arms, When quite young he led his forces to the defence of his faith at Bevares and is said to Have chased back to Mirzapur, the Mughals who wished to profane a Hindu temple. His next exploit was the protection of the Rája of Bánsi against the Súrajbansis of Amorha and the Patháns of Sattási. On two distinct occasions he served in the armies of Dehli against the Rája of Bhartpur and the Mahrattas; and the exaggeration of his chro- nicler relates that unaided he captured the rája of Sattara, and brought him in an iron cage to the presence of his imperial master. For these services he was invested in succession with mansabs of four thousand and five thousand men, and was presented with a band of honour. It is said that in the intoxication of victory his drummer beat a roll in the emperor's Darbár. The grave impertinence was only punished by a