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 H. H. The Nawab of Banganapalli.

reaching Ghulam Ali Khan at Hyderabad, he left for BanganapalH, but before he reached the place, Hussain Ali Khan had died. Saiyid Ghulam Ali Khan had two sons and several daughters. He conferred the Jaghir of Banganapalli on his eldest son Saiyid Hussain Ali Khan, his second son Saiyid Fateh Ali Khan being already in possession of a Jaghir in Hyderabad. Saiyid Ghulam Ali Khan died three years later in 1822 A. d. Hussain Ali Khan, having no male issue, adopted the younger son of Saiyid Fateh Ali Khan, gave his daughter in marriage to him and made him heir-apparent. Saiyid Ghulam Ah Khan ascended the Musnud after the death of his uncle and father-in-law, Hussain Ali Xhan. But Ghulam Ali Khan having died issueless, his elder brother Saiyid Asad Ali Khan's son Saiyid Fateh AU Khan, the present ruler of Banganapalli, ascended the Musnud.

In 1800, the Nizam transferred his control over Banganapalli to the British Government, when he ceded the Districts of Cuddappah and Bellary. In the Schedules attached to the Partition Treaty of Seringa- patam, the territory of Ban^anaplli had been rated at 45,000 Canteroy Pagodas, or Kupees 1,31,250; but at the request of the Nizam who pleaded that the Jaghir had been granted for the maintenance of the numerous members of a noble family, the tribute was remitted by the British Government.

Mansurud-daulah, the Great, during his lifetime, with a view to prevent f utm^e disputes among his relations about property, made a settlement by which he assigned certain villages called sub-jaghirs to his cousins and the members of his family subject to the condition, that in the case of any one dying without heir, the sub-jaghir