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 SAN 301 .60 1,567 The pargana is mentioned in the Sín-i-Akbari as having a cultivated area of 3,93,700 bighas. Revenue, mal 26,25,328 dama, Slyargual Zamindara, Chandels. Garrison, 20 aaware and 1,090 foot aoldiers. hlled elsewhere in the Hardoi district by Thatheras. Two brothers of the tribe, Salhia and Malhia, are said to have founded the one Sathia Purwa now Sandſla, the chief town of the pargana; the other Malihabad, in the adjacent pargana of that name in the Lucknow district. The Arakhs held the tract till towards the end of the 14th century, Sayyad Makhdum Aláud-din, the fighting apostle of Nasír-ud-din, the " lamp of Delhi,” under- took to drive out the infidels, and to carry the faith and arms of Islám a stage farther to the south. The promise of a royal revenue-free grant made the prospect of success as tempting to the soldier as was the expul- sion of the infidel to the saint. How long or how fiercely the Arakhs resisted we know not. Only the issue of the contest has been remembered. To this day the Arakhs of Utraula, on the Rápti, 120 miles away to the east in Gonda, recall their lost domains in Sandila. A century and a half earlier in the reign of Shams-ud-din Altamsh, the Sayyad had driven out the Hindu lords of Bilgrám and settled themselves there. Sandíla was their next acquisition of importance in this part of the country. The process of consolidation is thus described in the Tarikh-i- Mubárak Shahi (Elliot's History IV., p. 13). "The frontiers of the empire were secured (1375 A.D.) by placing them under the charge of great and trusty amirs. Thus on the side of Hindustan, ou the Bengal frontier, the fief (ektá) of Karra and Mahoba, and the Shikk of Dalmau, were placed under the charge of Malikas Shark (prince of the east) Mardán Daulat, who received the title of Nasír-ul-Mulk. The fief of Oudh and Sandíla and the Shikk of Kol were placed under Malik Hisám-ul-Mulk and Hisám-ud-dín Nawe. The fief of Jaunpur and Zafarabad was given to Malik Bahroz Sultáni. The fief of Bihar to Malik Bir Afgháu. These nobles showed no laxity in putting down the plots of the infidels, and in making their territories secure". .....(1394 A.D.). "Through the turbulence of the base infidels the affairs of the fiefs of Hindustan had fallen into confusion, so Khwaja-i-Jahán received the title of Malika-ul-Shark (king of the east), and the administration of all Hindustan, from Kanauj to Bihár, was placed in his charge. In the month of Rajab, 796 Hijri (1394 A.D.), be proceeded to Hindustan with twenty elephants; and after chastising the rebels of Etáwah, Kol, Kahára-Kamil, and the environs of Kanauj, he went to Jaunpur. By degrees he got the fiefs of Kanauj, Karra, Oudh, Shadidah (Sandila), Dalmau, Bahraich, Bihár, and Tirhut into his own possession. He put down many of the infidels, and restored the forts which they had des- troyed. God Almighty blessed the arms of Islám with power and victory. The Rai of Jájoagar and the king of Lakhnauti now began to send to Khwa- ja-i-Jabán the elephants which they used to send (as tribute) to Delhi.” (1399 A.D.) “The fiefs of Kanauj, Oudh, Karra, Dalmau, Sandila, Bahraich, Bihár, and Jaunpur were held by Khwaja-i-Jahán. In the same
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