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 158 PAT who are closely connected with the Urayyadih taluqdar, and they neither eat nor drink, nor halt in each other's villages. " Darshan Singh (názim).-In 1235 fasli, Rája Darshan Singh (a Sangaldípi Brahman of po high caste), invested the fort of Chauhárja Bakhsh, taluqdár of Dalippur (successor to the slain Bindeshuri). The taluqdar as usual escaped, and shortly afterwards reinstated himself in offi- cial favour. Darshan Singh was twice názim-once from 1235 to 1241, and again in 1245-46 fasli. " Man Singh (názim).--This man, who has achieved notoriety since, was názim from 1252 to 1254 fasli. His term of office was not remark- able. In 1255 fasli, Wájid Ali Khan, for some private grudge (people say concerning an elephant, which Ráe Pirthipal Singh of Dáŭdpur had refused to give him), allied himself with that taluqdar's two sons, Digbijai Singh and Randhír Singh (the latter had by adoption acquired an inde- pendent estate now known as the hissa half or 9-20ths of Patti Saifabad), and invested the fort of Dúúdpur. After eighteen days fighting, the taluqdar was obliged to evacuate the place, and escape into British terri- tory. The son, Digbijai Singh, obtained the estate, but matters were accommodated in two months, and the father returned to power. "The zamindars of Phenhán and Horiljur.-As an instance of taluq- dars tenure and method, it may be worth while to recount how the zamin- dar of Phenhán and Horilper, which villages are and were in the Dalippur estate, took on himself to mortgage his lands to Debi Singh of Mádhopur. Sítla Bakhsh of Dalippur at once resented the liberty, and the bands were mustered on each side. They met in Phenhán. The fight was determin. ed by the capture of a Mádhopur cannon by Sítla Bakhsh's men, and the villages remained as they were. Another illustration of taluqdari manners is the story of Randhir Singh (late husband Thakuráin Ajít Kunwar of 9-20th Patti taluqa, and son as aforesaid of Ráe Pirthipal of Raepur) and Mangal Parshád. The former, bearing ancient hostility to the latter, seized him one day in Kishunganj in the Sultanpur district when off his guard, ard tortured him to extort money. After a month of this work he let him go. Mangal Parshad applied to the názim, Aghá Ali Khan, for redress, which Randhir Singh did not wait to see administered ; but fled the country and remained under the guise of a norchant for many months travelling from place to place. At last spies tracked him to Kasota in Allahabad, where the magistrate of the district arrested him. He was made over to the názim who went to Allahabad to take him. He was very pro- perly kept in painful confinement at Lucknow, and was released only when the British Government was established in Oudh," Places of note.- I now propose to record a few notes in connection with the old fort of Bilkhar, the temple of Chauhárja at Parasrámpur, the vil- lages of Dáúdpur, Patti, and Dalíppar, which, are the only places of any archæological interest in pargana Patti Dalíppur. “Kot Billchar.—With regard to the old fort of Bilkhar, the qápángo gives the following account, which is currently believed in these parts. Many hundreds of years ago Ghaibar Sáh, ancestor of Rája Ramdeo Bil-