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In 1207 Fasli the all-powerful Pal war clan finally subdued the Chaudhris and took possession of their last estate, allowing them some sir for their svipport. The descendants of this family are still to be found in Chahora, Hisdmuddinpur, Hathnaraj and A'inwan.

lY.—The Pathdns of Bardgdon.

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One Jait Eae, a Tun war Chhattri of religion in the days of Taimlir, and to have subsequently established himself, probably in an official capacity, in mauza Baragaon, and to have acquired an estate of twenty-nine villages. But the property was absorbed into the Birhar taluqas a century and a

Delhi,

is

said to

have changed his

half ago, and the representatives of Jait Rae, Amar Khan, Madad Khan, &c., now hold sub-tenures only in mauza Udechandpur, with which Bard-

gdon has been demarcated.

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V. The Maliks of Kordhi. About the time of the coming of the Pathans last mentioned, a family of Maliks, to which belonged two men, Ntir-ud-din and Mahmlid, made their advent. They are said to have come from Nuristan in Persia, and to have founded and settled taluqa KoThe rahi of thirty-two villages, and taluqa Biddhaur of seven villages. latter estate they afterwards held free of revenue (aimma) in Akbar'stime.

Korahi was absorbed into the Birhar taluqas 175 years ago, and Biddhatir followed in 1222 Fasli. The Malik family is now only to be traced in Biddhaur proper, where the members still enjoy sub-tenures.

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The Shekhs of Jalidngirganj. One A'bu Pdnde of Malaon in the VI. Sattdsi estate, zila Gorakhpur, is said to have settled in this pargana, in the days when the local saint Makhdum Sahib was in the zenith of his fame. Being without offspring, this Brahman is said to have embraced the faith of the prophet, in the hope that through the prayers of the saint in question he might be blessed with a son. In due course of time twin sons were born to him, whom he named Kamal-ud-din and Jamal-ud-din, and these lived to acquire supremacy in fourteen mauzas of Jahdngirganj. This family, like all the others, gave way before the dominant Palw^r clan, 1-50 years ago and the only representatives in the present day are mere cultivators in mauza Jahangirganj.

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Muhammadan, who is only locally The SheJchs of Newri, as " Shekh Ajmeri," from his having come from Ajmer, is said to have settled in the pargana on the overthrow of the Bhars, and to have entered into revenue engagements with the ruling power for the Newri tappa of twenty-seven villages. The possessions of his offspring were, however, absorbed into the Birhar taluqas 125 years ago, and the family "VII.

known

now hold

sub-tenures only in Newri, Rustampur, and Bhojpur.

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The Shekhs of Hanswdr. One Shekh Mahmfid is said to have VIII. come from the west with Mir Masaud Bihddni, a great divine, and to have The latter seems to have settled in mauza Biawan, pargana Akbarpur. been endowed with large temporal as well as spiritual powers, for he is said to have authorized the former to assume charge of tappa Hanswdr, consisting of fifty-three mauzas, which he accordingly did. About 200 years ago one SaduUa Kha;n, Rohilla, obtained this tappa as jdgir from the emperor