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 MAH 413 scattered about, and in the latter village is a shrine to Mahadeo, which has always been extensively worshipped ; and of late years another temple, and a large Dharmsála and a well, have been built by Mathura Dás, the Diwán of Sharf-ud-daula, the converted Hindu, or, as some say, by the pervert himself, to avert some of the judgment he dreaded for his apostacy. Sharf-ud-daula was the great banker Jagannath, who farmed the market dues of the province in the time of Muhammad Ali, and defaulting saved his life by changing his religion. As already stated the pargana was almost entirely Rajput. At the present day, out of its one hundred and ninety-five villages, one hundred and thirty-two are held by these clans. The Panwar taluqdars mention- ed hold seventy-six. Some are held by a Káyath family who seem to have entered the pargana along with the Pan wárs. Before the late addi- tion to it of part of Mariáon, the pargana was only composed of the eight Panwar tappas. They were I. The four Itagoja tapp&s of-(1) Itaunja; (2) K&sráwán ; (3) Bhindura ; (4) Sonyán. II. The Mahoma tappas of-(5) Mahons; (6) Mábgion. III. The two Rowan tappas of-(1) Rewán; (8) Bahirgaon, Of these, the latter two are broken up. They became subdivided and are at present included in the district of Sitapur, still held by Panwárs, who have extended their possessions northwards and hold considerable estates in that district. Some of the Bahírgáon villages were acquired by the owners of the four Itaunja tappas. The pargana was one of those of Akbar's time. At annexation the old pargana of Mariáon was broken up, and part of it put into Lucknow and part into Mahona; the latter then became one of the three parganas that formed the Kursi tahsíl. But on the transfer of the Kursi pargana to the district of Bara Banki, it was joined to the pargana of Malihabad, lying on the right bank of the river, and is now administered from the tahsil station of Malihabad. This is to the disadvantage of the people, who, during the rains, have to go round by Lucknow to get to Malihabad, but there are three gháts stationed along the river on the Malihabad side, at which the Government ferry boats ply. Pargana families; Rája Jagmohan Singh of Ráeper; Itarınja-Pan- war. The ancestors of Rája Jagmohan Singh are said to have come into this pargana some nineteen generations ago under Ráo Deo Ridh Ráe, the eighth son of Rája Rudráh of Dháránagar or Deogarh, The Khuldsa Tawarikh—a history compiled by Suján Ráe, Káyath, by the orders of Alamgir—says that this was the site of Daulatabad which was founded by Muhammad Tugblaq in 758 Hijri (A. D. 1337), and it is probable that the Panwars were at this time driven out of their native seats. Deo Ridh Ráe took service with the king of Delhi, and obtained under him import- ant commands. It is said that amongst other exploits he reduced the fort of Ding. At this time the pargana was held by Kurmis and Markos, the former of whom were ruled by Ráe Dámar from his fort in Raepur,- 53