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Garh Qila Nawa, which has been included in Dhaurahra. They have obtained the rank of zamindars at Tambaur in the Sitapur district, formerly a part of Garh Qila Nawa. The hereditary manager of nearly every village is a Kurmi.

The Chhattris

are principally military retainers of the old Edja of DhauThere are hardly any zamindars in the pargana. The estates number seventeen in all, of which seven, including 85 villages and forming three-quarters of the pargana, are in the hands of men to whom they were granted as the reward of loyal services. Not one of these gentlemen resides on his estate.

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The name

Dhaurahra is derived, either from Deohra, near the town where a "matasthan" still exists, or because the par^ °^' gana was composed of portions taken out of three parganas, Garh Qila Nawa, Firozabad, and Kheri, at their boundaries or 'dhura.' It was in early times, prior to the conquest of Kanauj, the freehold property of Alha and Udal, the famous generals of Mahoba. It then formed a part of Garh Qila Nawa, which was settled and visited by Firoz Shah Khilji, who founded Firozabad. At this time it was probably owned by Pasis, whose r£ja lived at Dhaurahra no remains of any consequence attest his greatness. There is a little fort in Goduria, which evidently was a mere protection against wild beasts, raised by a small community in the midst of ' swamps. The Bisens held this pargana during the decline of the Mughal power; but the extent of their dominion is wholly lost in obscurity, nor is it possible to find out when they were first displaced by the Chauhan of



Jangres.

When the pargana was first organized in 11-51 Fasli, by Nawab Safdar Jang, 216 villages were taken from Garh Qila Nawa, 238 from Kheri,- and 171 from Firozabad. The Jangres say that' Chaturbhuj, who lived nine generations ago, came from Jalaun in Alamgir's time, and captured K^mp Dhaurahra, establishing his head-quarters in Dhaurahra. This will be treated more fully in the history of K£mp Dhaurahra and of Barw£r so No one far as local investigation can be trusted, the tradition seems false. in Dhaurahra has any definite knowledge of any Jdngre r^ja living there prior to Raja Jodh Singh, who, in the seventh generation from Chaturbhuj, held the entire country now occupied by the parganas of Dhaurahra, Nighd.san, Bhlir, and half of Firozabad, an area of 800 square miles, for which he paid a revenue of Rs. 2,45,000. Jodh Singh himself had to contend with the Bisens in more than one battle. One was fought in 1188 Fasli at Naripur, near Dhaurahra, against Rdja Qalandar Singh Bisen; the The Bisens again made an attempt under Raghundth. latter was killed. Singh, the son of Qalandar Singh, but its failure caused their entire abandonment of Dhaurahra. They lingered on in Srinagar up to 122& Rdja Jodh Singh was a Sombansi of Munda in Firozabad, Fasli. adopted by Zdlim Singh, the Jangre rdja, who, as the best traditions record, His adventurous history will be found lived in Bhfir, not in Dhaurahra. He was killed in Dhaurahra by a in the account of K£mp Dhaurahra. Sayyad follower of Rdja SitalparshSd, Ndzim of Khairabad, in single combat, whict he had challenged, and with his expiring energies he wounded the Sayyad so severely that he also died the next day. Their tombs lie within a stone's throw. He left no- children. The estate was taken from

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