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 PAR 143 name of the pargaba from Aror to that of Partabgarh ; he was murdered by the subahdar of Allahabad. had a chelá, Bakht Bali Singh, who was deputed to represent him at the court of Delhi. There he was fortunate enough to defeat and capture a Bundela rebel, Chatur Sál, and the emperor conferred on his master the privilege of wearing a “topi' in darbár (in lieu of the usual pagri'), which brought the title of 'Kuláhnares'* to the Partabgarh rája. A more substantial reward was the grant of the parganas Mungra and Gar- Warat in Jaunpur. He proceeded to Benares to confer the title of rája on the Gautam lord of that city. "Raija Chhatardhári Singh-Jai Singh reigned for seventy-five .years and added much to the fort of Partabgarh. His son, Chhatardhári, suc- ceeded him, and his sons may be traced in various villages. One, Medni Singh, is identified with the large bazár of Katra Medni Singh close by Partabgarh. In Chhatardhari's time, the parganas which, it would ap- pear, had been immediately under the Allahabad authorities, were trans- ferred to the Oudh Government, and the new ruler wrested from hin the parganas of Nahwai, Kiwái, Mungra, and Garwara, leaving Partabgarh, Soraon, and Sikandra. "Rdja Pirthipat.-Pirthípat, second son of Chhatardhari, was the next rája. He cruelly murdered the son of a Mánikpur banker, who refused (pro- bably with good reason) to send him money. The banker had influence enough with the Delhi Court to get an order issued to Mansur Ali Khan, Subahdar of Oudh (otherwise known as Safdar Janj and successor of Saádat Khán, Burhån-ul-Mulk, the founder of the Oudh dynasty), to punish the murderer. This was accomplished by treachery near Gutni on the Ganges in this district, the rája being assassinated in darbár. The vast estates were then confiscated, and revenue engagements were made with the villagers. Duniápat, son of Pirthípat, recovered the Partabgarh pargana, but Soraon and Sikandra have never since been in the hands of this family. He proved intractable, and two Government officials, Ismáíl Beg Khan and Taqi Beg Khan, were deputed to chastise him. They drove him from his estate, and pursuing him hotly killed him at Badwal in the Sikandra pargana. This was the end of the Partabgarh ráj as co-extensive with the pargana ; and the history which has hitherto been confined to the fortunes of one leading, family will, if pursued, be found to embrace those of several families who are now the taluqdars of the pargana. "From kuláh' cap (in Persian) and Dares' king (in Sspskrit). A similar distinction, but of a far inferior degree in consequence of the rank of the donor, was con- ferred by the king of Oudh on the rája of Amethi. The rája of Partabgarh is still known in the pargana as the Kulaixa Rája, and it is said that the identical cap (kuláb) is or was in the possession of Rája Chhatarpál Singh, of Núrpur, who is the truc descendant of the old Partabgarh stuck." " The story is told that the Rája of Garwara opposing the transfer of his property to a stranger fought the Partabgarh Raja and was beaten. To express contempt for his for the victor got a jackal, named it Shiudás, and put it on the gaddi, and kept the unfor- tunate animal there for twelve years, when I suppose the beast dicd."
 * Rája Jai Singh.---Jai Singh succeeded Partáb Singh his father. He