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 SIT 389 the estate during her life, and before her death adopted one of the sons of Amir Ali Khan, named Nawab Ali Khan, who succeeded her in posses- sion of her estate. The other, and elder son of Amir Ali Khan, nained Ibád Ali Khan, succeeded to the whole of Amir Ali Khan's estate, which is now known as the taluqa of Paintepur. In 1850 the title of raja was conferred upon Nawab Ali Khán by the king of Oudh, and in 1862, the titles "Muqim ud-daula" Bahadur "Qaim Jang" were added. The present rája owes his title to the British Government. Nawah Ali Khan died in 1858 during the rebellion ; and on re-occupation by the British, bis son, then a minor, was placed under the Court of Wards. The estate is the largest in the Sitapur district. It was brought to its present condition mainly by the exertions of Musáhib Ali Khan, his widow, and Nawab Ali Khan. The caste of this family is Musalman Shekh, but they are usually calle:1 Khánzádas, because at some remote time the title Muhammad Kazim Husen Khan, taluqdar of Paintepur Bilahra, par- gana Mahmudabad. This taluqdar is the son of Rája Ibád Ali Khan. It is said that the title of rája was conferred on Rája Ibád Ali Khán in 1853 by the king of Oudb, but it was not recognized by the British Government. Arab. Mirza Mubammad Ali Beg, taluqdar of Aurangabad, and Mirza Ahmad Beg, taluqdar of Qutubnagar, pargana Mahmudabad, have for their ancestor Mirza Bahadur Beg, otherwise known as Farrukh Fál, an Arab, who settled at Delhi in the time of Shah Jahan about 1644 A.D. In the reign of Aurangzeb he received a grant of land in Nímsár then a large pargana, and in honour of the king he named the estate Auranga- bad, by which name the pargana is known to this day, the old name of Ninsár having fallen into disuse. It is said that the estate consisted of 1,500 villages. Of the four sons of Bahádur Beg, the two youngest returned to their native country, the two remaining divided the estate, the elder Saádat Khan retaining the main portion, and the second, Yár Ali Beg, receiving the Qutubnagar estate. Mughal-Nawab Amjad Ali Khan,* taluqdar of Sendhur estate, par- gana Khairabad. This nobleman is the son of Munawwar-ud-daula, formerly Wazír of Oudh, who acquired the estate during his tenure of office. Pathán.--Rája Shamsher Babádur, taluqdar of Saádatnagar in Sitapur, pargana Miarikh and Jalálnagar in Hardoi. The family of this gentleman are commonly called Mughals, but are really Yusufzai Patháns. An ances- tor followed Nádir Shah from Kábul to Delhi in the year A.D. 1734, and more recently the great-grandfather of the present rája, Mirza Agba Muhammad Ali Beg, came to Oudh in command of troops, and was rewarded for good services by the grant of an estate. The father of the present representative was created a rája by Wajid Ali Shah the king of Outdh, which title his son inherits.
 * Khan" was conferred on one of their ancestors.
 * Has died since these remarks were written.