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spot where lie resided are still pointed out in the village. fair is held there annually on the I7th of Rajjab, the anniversary of his death, where two or three hundred people assemble for the day to honor his memory.

There is still a numerous progeny extant, including the Pirpur and Kataria taluqdars. In three villages only, however, do members pi this family still hold sub-proprietary rights.

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The house of Pirpur. The history of the Pirpur taluqa, owned by Mir Baqar Husen and Mir Ghazanfar Husen is as follows

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When Akbar Shah built the town and fort, which are still here known by his name, the descendants of Sayyad Sulaiman above-mentioned, who had greatly multi-plied, were appointed hereditary chaudhris of the pargana, which also bears that name. At a subsequent period, the estates which the family had in the meantime created, became sub-divided into five portions, Of these, the property of Nos. 1, 4, as per margin. Sayyad Fahim-ud1. ^^^ g^ ^^.^ j^g^j ^j ^^le taluqdars whose names are mentioned above, although Chaudhri Mehndi Husen, claimGliulam Ali. 2. Fida. 3. ant as heir of No. 1, stilllives ; while the lands of Nos. 2 „ 4. „ and 3 are in the independent possession of Malik Hidd^^^i'"" yat Husen. All these persons, viz., Baqar and Ghazanfar Husen, Hidayat Husen, and Chaudhri Mehndi Husen, are descended from the female line, or have married female descendants of the five brothers above marginally referred

About one hundred possession of Chaudhri Bibi, succeeded him.

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years ago the portions of Nos. 4 and 5 were in the

Muhammad

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when he

died, his

widow, Bholi

They had an only daughter, piarried to Khwdja Badar Ali of Tajpur and this person carried on the business of the property under his mother-in-law. About the year 1193 Fasli, or 1786 A. D., this Badar Ali was killed by the Panwars in a fight, when his son Qasim Ali was an infant.

this, in the reign of Shuja-ud-daula, one Jamshed Beg, a had risen to rank in the King's army, and his history is as folA Government official happened to be passing through the village lows of Jetupur, pargana Aldemau, during the reign in question, when the residents turned out and murdered him a force was sent to exterminate the inhabitants, and amongst others, one Makhan Singh of the Raghubansi tribe was killed. The infant son of this man was then carried off by the force and taken before the Nawab, and in a moment of caprice he took him under his protection, made a Muhammadan of him, and being himself a Mughal, gave him the name of Mirza Jamshed Beg. In process Risala of 1,700 cavalry, and was of time this man rose to command a deputed with his regiment to Akbarpur. In his regiment there was a subordinate officer, named Mirza Muhammad AH Beg, who was in high favor with the Commandant.

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Aurangnagar of 57^ mauzas. In those days, the neighbouring taluqa of Hasanpur, and a friendship soon was in the kabuliyat of the Khdnzadas of and Raja Roshan Ali Khan, sprung up between this Muhammad Ali Beg this friendship was, that Jamshed of The result clan. that of the head