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 KHI 275 foundation of a town and designated it Sátanpur after his own name. He built a fort, and a temple of Mahúdeo, and placed the image of the deity which he also called Saitúni, after his own nane. Here lic fixed his residence, and to commemorate his queen, lic founded another town in the vicinity and called it Ránípur. These towns were founded in the reign of Bábar Shalı in 1526 A.D., corresponding with 933 fasli. He reigned there for a period of 30 years, and maintained peace and security throughout his dominions. He had a son the famous Rája Tilok Chand. There was then a subahdar (or Governor) of Allahabad, his panis is not known, but he was an inhabitant of Kákori, a town near Lucknow. The territory of Raja Satna extended to the very gate of Lucknow, still called Gol Darwáza. The province bordlering Luckoow was governed by a faujdar, who resided at Jalálábad. He was a nominea of the rája. A quarrel arose between him and the subahdar of Allahabad, who was then at Kakori, and a fight took place between them at Jalálá- bad, in which a brother of the subahdar was killed. This was during the reign of Humígún Shah, in 1530 A.D., corresponding to 937 fasli, The subah dar solicited the emperor for assistance in taking revenge for the murder of his brother. The emperor issued a mandate to the 13 subahdars, including the Subahdar of Allahabad, directing them to kill the rája and his faujdar. All the subahdars then combined their forces and led an expedition against Baiswára. The rája heard of this formidable league against him, and having collected all his forces took refuge in the fort, prepared for the attack, and awaited the approach of the chemy. Rája Tilok Chand was then an infant, and Rája Satpa, in order to act freely, had the prudence to send his wife and child to Naipál, so that they might not fall into the hand of the enemy. The united forces of the thirteen subahdars entered the territory of Sátanpur, and, in the year 1532 A.D., corresponding to 939 fasli , commenced the siege which lasted one month and eleven days. At last an officer of the garri- son, who had the command of the entire forces of the rája, opened a negotiativa with the subahdars, and offered to betray the rája and deli- ver up the fort to them provided they granted him revenue-frce the whole of the pargana of Harha. Súrat Singh was the name of the traitor. The subahdars agreed to the proposal, and Surat Singh opened the gates of the fort to the besieger, who entered the fort, and Rája Satna fell fight- ing in his attempt to oppose the Mubammadan victors. The whole of his territory was then placed under the government of the Subahdar of Oudh, who held it for 10 years. When Rája Tilok Chand attained the age of maturity, he made an appeal to Sultan Sher Shah, the then reigning sover- eign of India, and in the year 1542 A.D., corresponding to 949 fasli he, obtained a royal farmán for restoration to him of his ancestral estate and his peaceable maintenance in possession thereof. He then re-settled Satan- pur, and took possession of his entire estate. He was treated with the same dignity as the Mahárájas of Jaipur and Jodhpur, At the decline of his life he took up his residence as an act of piety in the sacred city of Káshi (Benares). He had two sons, Harhar Deo and Prithi Chand; the former went on & pilgrimage to Hardwar, and the latter