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 PAR 147 of the Partabgarh ráj. It is now but a village with an average popula- tion; nevertheless the remains still extant sufficiently attest its former greatness. The ruins of the old fort (said to have been built by the Řáchchhas Handavi) are still traceable. Hindaur was one of the regular encamping grounds of the názims. Panchosiddh.—This shrine is situated at the junction of the waters of the Sakarni and Sai about a mile and a half from the town of Partabgarh. It has attained its celebrity from the following fabulous narrative. Many years ago five Sombansis, of different villages, used to meet and perform their devotions at this spot. One day they agreed to cut of their heads (how the last mau managed to decapitate Limself and arrange all the heads is not stated, and perhaps it would not be wise to enquire), and piling thera together to offer them to Durga Debi. No sooner said than done. The heads in course of time turned to stone, and these stones were to be seen until four years ago wheu they suddenly disappeared The place was named “ Pánchosiddh" or the “vow of the five fulfilled." Every Tuesday the shrine is visited by a few persons from the neighbourhood; a goat is usually sacrificed, and offerings made of cakes, grain, pice, &c. There is also a celebrated shrine in the village of Sandwa Chandika, known as Chandika Debi. Detailed account of the death of Raja Pirthipat.—I cannot pass on without noting an error (though a popular one), by which Mr. King has been misled, in connection with the death of Rája Pirthípat of Partabgarh. According to the "Tawáríkh Zahúr Qutubi," Vol. II., the following is, I believe, the correct and luistorical account of the occur- rence: It appears that in A.D. 1750-51, during the Rohilla 'invasion, Ahmad Khan, Bangash,* of Farukhabad, in revenge for the seizure of bis brother's property by Nawab Safdar Jang, the Wazír , directed Kále Khan, whom he had nominated as Naib Subahdar of Allahabad, to proceed at once with an army and attack Mubammad Quli Khan, the Wazir's nephew, who was in charge of the fort at Allahabad. Accordingly Kále Khan, and Usman Khan, bis nephew, proceeded to invest the fort of Alla- habad. Rája Pirthipat, whose disposition towards Safdar Jang was any. thing but friendly, went and allied his forces to those of the Nawab of Farukhabad. Kále Khan succeeded in securing a footing in the city, but failed to obtain possession of the fort. Meanwhile the forces of the Wazír and of Ahmad Khan Bangash had come into collision at Farukhabad, on which occasion the latter had sustained a signal defeat. Hearing this Rája Pirthípat withdrew with his men from Allahabad and returned to Partabgarh Nawab Safdar Jang, greatly enraged at the overt act of hostility on the part of his subject, resolved to be revenged. Accordingly when encanıped at Gutni on the banks of the Ganges, be sent word to Rája Pirthípat to come and visit him. Suspecting the Nawab's designs, Pirthípat refused to obey. Thereupon Safdar Jang wrote and declared on oath, that he inten- ded the rája no evil, and at the same time promised, in the event of compliance, to give him the Faujdarship of Mánikpur, a post, which
 * The Bapgasb are an Afghán tribe.