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466 which

all

their forts

The romantic annals

of their demesnes have been transferred. of the clan are given under Aldemau, Sultanpur, and

and most

Partabgarh.

was considered to be the Raja of Kurwdr. But the Raja of Hasanpur filled the post of diw£n under mars of Hasanpur. the Jaunpur kings. No assumption of a taluqa in eastern Oudh was complete without investiture by and homage to him. Tilok Chand was the common ancestor of both Kurw^r and Hasanpur. He was made a Moslem by Babar his grandson was Hasan Khan. Several stories are told of his rise to greatness, besides the tradition that his ancestor was diwdn of the Jaunpur dynasty. Under pargana Sultartpur is related the tradition most popular with the family. It is said that Sher Shah took up his residence with the raja it is added that Sher Shah married a daughter of the raja's that he allowed the latter to sit on the throne beside him, and endowed him with the privilege of givingthe tilak or royal unction to all rajas. This was a lucrative post, as the Hasanpur chief, when conferring the sign of Uka, used to stand on a silver heap of Rs. 1,25,000, which was his fee. There is also a tale of the Hasanpur r£ja having quarrelled with the Baghel of Riwa for precedence. The former collected an army from his old Chhattri brethren, and from his new co-religionists, and proceeded to the appointed battle-ground, but the Baghel avoided the combat. Another tale is that related by Mr. Carnegy

The head

of the family

The Moslem Rajku-









" The story, again, of the origin of the great Hasanptir family, whose head is not only the chief Khanzada, but tbe premier Mahomedan noble of Avadh, is this

"

Tilok

Chand Bachgoti, a man

of property in the days of Humayfin,

had a very lovely wife. The fame of her beauty reached the ears of the king, and he had her carried off while she was at the Bithur fair. No sooner had she arrived, however, than his conscience smote him, and he sent for her husband. Tilok Chand had despaired in sudden gratitude he and his wife embraced the faith which taught such generous purity.

" As Salar Khan he begat sons, who became the Manyarpur but as Tilok Chand he had already the Raja of Korwar."*

chiefs of Hasanptir

children, of

and

whom came

At any rate, it would appear that the rise of the family has something to do with matrimonial alliance between either Humdyun or Sher Shah and one of its daughters. This would account for the proud privilege they enjoyed, a privilege whose existence is, however, denied by the Tilok Chandi Bais and other high-born clans.

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The history of the Khanzadas need not be detailed here. From Tilok Chand are descended the two great families of Hasanpur and Maniarpur,

—the younger family, there

branch. In the time of Zabardast Khan, the head of the was a feud between the two; he killed his cousin of Maniarpur,

his children into exile. One dark night three sons of the dead got ingress into the Hasanpur fort, determined to revenge their

and drove

man


 * Castes of

Oudh, page

72.