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 BUJGOTEES. (82)

HE Bnjgotee tribe is descended from the Mynpoory Chohans, who accompanied the Emperor Allah-ood-deen Ghazee of Delhi, to Sookanpoor in the fourteenth century, and assisted him in subduing Raja Bheem Sen Bhur, sovereign of Sooltanpoor. The conquered country was bestowed upon Buriar Singh, chief of the Rajpoots, who settled in that part of Oude. His descendants multiplied and spread so that they now hold a great part of the Fyzabad district, as well as portions of the province of Sooltanpoor across the river Goomtee. They are a warlike race, and, under the late government of Oude, were in a state of chronic rebellion, always either fighting fiercely among themselves, or resisting the king's forces, which came periodically to execute the decisions of Lucknow, or to collect arrears of revenue.

There is scarcely a village owned by them which has not at some time been the scene of an armed struggle for ownership, and many of the inhabitants bear marks of the fierceness of the fights. They are tall and usually well built, and can accomplish long journeys on foot.