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OUDH. 491 regiment, and authorizing the Nawab to resume jiigirs, but requiring him to grant equivalent pensions to jugirdir's whose estates were guaranteed by the British Governnent. This was taken advantage of by the Nawab for the resumption of the juigirs of the Begams (Shujaud-daula's mother and widow), which were subsequently in part restored, and for the spoliation of their treasures, on the alleged ground of their being implicated in Chait Singh's rebellion. Warren Hastings' share in these transactions forned one of the charges against him on his impeachment. The annals of the reigning dynasty, from the time of Asaf-ud-daula's removal of the seat of power to Lucknow, have already been fully sketched in the article on Licksow City (9.7'.). The succession of princes has scarcely any other interest than that of a list of names. Saadat Ali Khan, who succeeded his half-brother Asaf-ud-daula (1798), threatened by Sindhia on the advance of Zamán Sháh to the Indus, concluded a new treaty with the British in 1801, by which he gave up half his territories in return for increased means of protection. Rohilkhand thus passed under British rule, and the Nawab became still more absolute within his restricted doniinions. Saadat's son, Ghází-ud-din Haidar (1914), was the first to cbtain the title of King. Nasír-ud-din Haidar (182m), Muhammad Ali Shálı (1837), and Amjad Ali Shah (1841) followed in rapid succession, and wasted away their lives in that alternation of sensuous luxury with ferocious excitement for which the court of Lucknow became proverbial. In 1847, Wajid Ali Shah, the last King of Oudh, ascended the throne. The condition of the Province had long attracted the attention of the British Government. In 1831, Lord W. Bentinck had cailed upon the King for reforms; which, however, were never effected. Twenty years later, Colonel Sleeman, the Resident, made a tour through the country, and reported most unfavourably upon its state. The King's army, receiving insufficient pay, recouped itself by constant depredations upon the people. The Hindu Chiefs, each isolated in his petty fort, had turned the surrounding country into a jungle as a means of resisting the demands of the court and its soldiery. The Resident was of opinion that the paramount power could not overlook the duty which it owed to the people. The following extracts from Colonel Sleeman's Diary give a graphic description of the state of the Province in 1849–50, six years before it came under British administration : The head-nien of some villages along the road mentioned that the fine state in which we saw them was owing to their being strong, and able to resist the Government authorities when disposed, as they generally were, to oppress or rack-rent them; that the land holders owed their streng h to their union, for all were bound to turn out and