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11. The third applicant for the Jaghir of Bangana- palli is Fateh AH Khan, eldest son of Saiyid Asad All Khan, the elder brother of the late Jaghirdar, Ghulam All Khan. He is married to a nicka-daughter of the late Jaghirdar.

12. The Governor-in-Council is of opinion that this claimant is, after his father Asad Ali Khan who advances no claim to the succession, the nearest heir in the sense of the Sunnud of 1849 to the deceased Jaghirdar Ghulam Ali Khan.

In addition to his near relationship by blood, and his connection by marriage, Fateh Ali Khan was designated by the late Jaghirdar as his successor in a deed executed on the 22nd June 1866, in the presence of the Collector of the Kurnool District.

Although this deed is of no effect without the confirm- ation of the Government, it was formally communicated to the Civil Officer representing the Government, as expressive of the selection of a successor made by the late Jaghirdar, and in conformity with the intention of the Sunnud of 1849.

13. After a careful consideration of the claims above described. His Excellency the Governor-in-Council resolves to direct the issue of a Sunnud conferring on Fateh Ali Khan and his heirs for ever, in Jaghir, the lands of Banganapalli free of peshcush and pecuniary demand in the same conditions as those contained in the Sunnud of 1849.

14. From the letter received from the Collector of Kurnool, dated 7th January, it appears that under the arrangements made by the late Jaghirdar Ghulam Ali Khan, in which arrangements,. Fateh Ali Khan concurs, provision has been made for the late Jaghirdar's family.