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Beg deputed Muhammad

Ali Beg to obtain from his friend (the raja) the farm (the family alleged gift) of the Aurangnagar property for him (the Risdldar). During the remainder of Jamshed Beg's life he retained this farm, Muhammad Ali Beg, still familiarly remembered in these parts as the Mirzai Sahib, managing it for him as his agent. After Jamshed Beg's death, for two or three years the Mirzai carried on the farm. In the interim he purchased the village of Pirpur from the Malikzadas, who were the old zamindars, and made it his head-quarters and this was followed by having the kabuliyat of the Aurangnagar estate made out in his own name, under the designation of taluqa Pirpur.

We have seen above how, by the death of Badar Ali, his mother-in-law, Bholi Bibi, was left alone to bring up her infant grandson Qasim, and tomanage her property. At this time the Mirzai had established his reputation as a powerful and just administrator, and so it occurred to the lady in question to make over the management of the property, which had come down from Sayyad Basawan, consisting of 40 mauzas, to him alone with the infant heir. This she accordingly did, and from that time that taluqa also got included in the Pirpur kabuliyat, which went on growing in the usual snow-ball fashion under its able rulear, until in 1225 Fasli, or 1818 A. D., when it had reached to 645 mau/as. The Mirzai had never married in these parts, and had no offspring, and he had brought up the child, Qasim Ali, as his own son; consequently on his death, in 1226 Fasli, or 1819 A. D., Qasim Ali succeeded him in the entire fine property that had been created during a long and energetic rule. After Qasim Ali had held the property for three years, he had to give place to the weU-known Ghalib Jang ^ to. whom, through royal favor, the property was then farmed. Qasim Ali sought the intervention of the British Government, and after a period of two years he was restored to possession, through the representations of the Resident of Lucknow, in 12S1' Fasli, or 1824 A. D, During the remainder of his rule, which is stiU favorably remembered, he. added 31 mauzas to the already large property, and died in 1233 Fasli, or 1826 A.D. The further vicissitudes of this estate need not be given: some 79 villages were taken from it by the Rajkumars at annexation it still contained 599, all of which have been retained by the owners. The Sayyad Basawan mentioned above lived in the reign of Alamgir, and I have seen an original sanad, which is in the possession of the present owners, bearing that Emperor's seal, granting privileges to the said Sayyad in the thirteenth year of that reign, or (say) A. D. 1671. ,



6th. 1

Shehk

Ahmad

Loreuur

Qittdl (the slayer), a Shia, came from Lorestan, ^ province of Persia, along with Makhdum Ashraf Jahangir (see Paegana ChXndipur Birhar), and took

2.

Pirpur.

3.

Hashimpur.

up

SSirfabad

ownmg land, and they are marginally indicated by the
 * ™® ®^^^®^ distinct branches of this man's descendants

5 6.

Sayyadapur.

7.

AbduUapur.

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H,

A^t?*""^^ Kffipur Maiwal. TJninowiL '

his residence in Lorepur Palhan.

name

There were at one

of their former estates; but the possessions of The taluqdar of the former place, P^^'^ ^^^. Malik Hid^yat Husen, is the present representative .
 * ^®^® ^^^® ^^^'^ absorbed into the taluqas, of SamanPirpur.