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KAK—KAL

108

sounded the azan on the Sai nadi near Mohan.

R£ja Sath^n's subjects, carrying out his orders that the azan should not be sounded in his domiOne escaped to Jaunpur. An nions, killed two of the three Sayyads. army was sent and took this raja's fort at Bareli. The raja escaped to K4korgarh, and the king's force was prevented from pursuing him, as it was called on to fight the nazim of Bengal. Shortly after a second complaint was urged at Jaunpur against Raja S^than. certain Sayyad w;ith his wife and child had with the connivance of the raja's diwdn settled secretly near Kakorgarh, on the high ground where the chaudhris' houses now stand. The Sayyad had got service among the Sihbandis of the raja, and while he was absent collecting rents in the month of S4wan (when the women chant the malar), the Sayyad's wife and daughter began to sing. On the raja enquiring who was singing the mal4r,. and learning that there were two Muhammadan women in the place, he seized them for base purposes. Smarting with disgrace, the ladies killed themselves with a dagger. The Sayyad on hearing his misfortunes complained at Jaunpur. second force was sent by Sultan Husen under his wazir Malik Asad-ud-din. The wazir gave out that he had quarrelled with the king, marched towards Delhi, and issued proclamations that he and his army were ready to enter the service of any native chief who would employ them. Raja Sathan was caught in the trap. He invited the wazir to his fort at Kakorgarh. Within the fort the wazir's forces turned upon the Hindus and cut off the raja's head.

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The sultan was and

his ofiicers to

so pleased with the affair that he directed the wazir remove to Kd,korgarh, and assigned them lands for

their support. Wazir Malik Asad-ud-din had one son, Malik Maruf, and two daughters' sons, Malik Baha-ud-din Kaiqtibad, and Malik Nusratruddin. These two are the ancestors of the Malikzadas of Kakori.

KA[LXKA'NKAR MABMUBABAD—Pargana Bmiti— Tahsil Kunda— District 'Partahgas.s. — This place was founded by Muhammad Hayat; the origiaal name is Gularia, and it was called Kalakankar because slabs of bkck limestone were found here. Raja Hanwant Singh built a fort here in 835 A.D. This town is on the bank of the Ganges, four miles from Manikpur and forty-four from Bela. There is a canal from the Ganges leading water round the fort. Population.

Hindus Musalmans

172

...

Total

There are two temples to Mahadeo. to the

amount

villages.

is

1,417

a bazar at which goods

of Rs. 61,000 are sold annually.

KALYiCNMAL* pargana

There

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Pargoma

SANDiLX—Biatrict Hardoi.—This

on the right bank of the Gumti and comprises seventy-two On the north the Gumti separates it from pargana Aurangabad

lies



By

Mr. A. H. Harington,

C.S., Assistant

Commissioner.