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 506 MOH Sürat Singh was succeeded at Tiloi by Gopal Singh, who had two sons, Mohan and Newal. The latter, though the youngest, held the first place in his father's affec- tions, who formed the design of presenting him to the clap as their chief- tain instead of his elder brother, who was one-eyed. Mohan Singh was not the man to permit the quiet transfer of his own rights to another, and he disappointed his father by accelerating his death. The wliole force of the tribe was collected round Tiloi, and it was intend- ed that Newal Singh should be proclaimed publicly the heir to the ráj. Mohan Singh immediately took steps to prevent this occurrence. He first went to his mother, and compelled her to disclose the place where the treasure was buried; and then taking a faithful Bahelia, whose descendants are still in honourable employ at Tiloi, proceeded to his father's room. The servant took aim from the doorstep, and Gopál Singhi fell shot through the back. Mohan then rushed forward, cut the old man's head off, and stooping over the body made the royal tilak on his forehead in his father's hot blood. He then put on the ornaments of his new rank and went to the army. The news of the parricide had gone before him, and he found the soldiers on the verge of mutiny: nor was subordination restored till he assured there that the death of the old rája would not affect their pay or injure any one but the murderer himself, who took on his own head the wrath of the gods. He deemed it wise, however, to distract their attention from the horrid event, and inaugurated his rale by leading them against the rich Sayyads of the south, where the plunder of Musta- fabad confirmed the wavering in their allegiance. On his return to Tiloi he was beseiged by the Díwán of Hasanpur, who had collected a large force to punish the son who had murdered his father, and the feudatory who had affixed the royal mark with his own hands and without the consent of his suzerain. The fort was beleaguered for severt days, and on each day the Díwán created a new rája from the leading Kanhpurias, who'stood aloof from their chieftain. Finally Mohan Singh gave in, consented to recognize the Díwán as his liege lord, and received the tilak afresh at his hands. Inheriting the aggressive policy of his grandfather, and carrying it out with greater success, he next set the whole forces of his clan in motion against the Bais of Dalmau. Amar Singh, the rána, met him with nearly equal forces, and the boundaries of Baiswara and Kanhpuria land were fixed in the very centre of Rae Bareli, along the line of the Jahanabad muballa. The invader is still remembered at Rae Bareli as the founder of the Ráj-.. ghát on the river Sai. Turning northward, and reducing in succession the Musalman villages of Pahremau, Amáwan, Oiah, Kathwára; Ráhi, Rasehta, Bawan Buzurg, and Balla, he marched through the Jagdispur pargana. where he was met by the *Bhále Sultáns, whom he forced to recognize his supremacy, and completed his circle of conquest by marching through Inhauna and Subeha to Mánikpur, whence he returned to his home at Tiloi. terms with his lcading feudatories,
 * He appeara to have been called in by Rája Aibál Khan of Jagdíspur, who was on bed