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 388 SIT They were at one timo driven out by the Bhars, but were subsequently restored in the reign of Akbar some twenty years later, and the office and title of qánúngo were then conferred on the head of the family. The present representative is qánúngo of Biswán. Thákur Dariáo Singh, the father of these gentlemen, was rewarded for loyalty during the rebellion of 1857 by the grant of an estate of Rs. 1,000 rental. Another branch of the main stock is represented by the non-taluqdari family of Chaudhri Arjun Singh. Khattri.--Séths Síta Rám and Raghubar Dayál, taluqdar of Moiz-ud- dínpur, pargana Biswán. The ancestor of this family, Siwan Das, came from Delhi about 1720 with Nawab Saádat Khan, and received from him a grant of 187 villages. In the third generation the estate was seized by the Government, but about A.D. 1820 a portion of it, known as Moiz-ud- dínpur, was restored. The rest was confiscated. These taluqdars' pre- decessor, Murli Manohar Seth, was rewarded for loyalty during the robellion by a grant of land of the annual value of Rs. 2,000, and remission of Rs. 1,000 from his revenue. He held the office of treasurer of the Sitapur district. Síta Rám Mehra, taliqdar of Bisendi, pargana Biswán. The ancestor of this gentleman was a Delhi banker, who came to Oudh about 200 years ago and settled in Lucknow and Biswán, in which places the family have been bankers ever since. The greater part of the estate was acquired in A.D. 1863 by purchase. Síta Rám Mehra was rewarded for loyalty during the rebellion by the grant of an estate of the yearly rental of Rs. 2,000. Khánzódas.--Rája Amír Hasan Kban, taluqdar of Mahmudabad, par- gana Mahmudabad. This gentleman is descended from Shekh Nathú, who about 1360 A.D. was employed by the king of Dehli against the Bhars, and was rewarded for good services by the grant of large estates in and about Fatehpur. In the fourth generation Daúd Khan was invested with the title of " Nawab," which was suppleniented by several additional distinctions "Muzaffarjang," "Babádur," &e., in the time of Bazid Khan in the sixth generation, but these titles died with him. In the twelfth generation a division of estate took place between the issue of Muhammad Imm Khánh Muhgiamad Iman Khan, Muhammad Ikram Kban. Mazhar Ali Khan. Musábib Ali Khan and Sarfaraz Ali Khan. Amir Ali Khan. These two branches divided the estate in cqual portions. Musábib Ali Khan and Sarfaraz Ali Khan dying childless, Musahib Ali's widow managed