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of the Baitarni, four miles above Jajpur (Beanies). The first 

 identification is possible, but doubtful; the second unsatis- 

 factory as taking the sarkar too far south; the third correct. 

 The forts are, of course, in vernacular called killas. 



V. Sarkar Jalesar 



This sark 



ar l was very large in area and was heavily assessed 

 (Rs. 12,51,318|). On the south from the Kasabasa river it 

 extended first north-east and then north until \ the rivers 

 Bhagirathi and the Rupanarayana were reached ; and then on 

 the north it was bounded roughly by the Palaspai Khal and 

 the Silai river, while the western boundary was ill-defined, 

 consisting of jungle mahals. The sarkar thus comprised north 

 Balasore, nearly the whole of Midnapore (except Hijili Islands 

 and the eastern half of Ghatal subdivision), and small parts of 

 the districts Bankura, Manbhum, Singbhum and of the Mayura- 

 bhanja tributary state. 



The formation of the sarkar is due to the Musalmans. 

 By the treaty of peace with Daud on 12th April, 1575 a.d., the 

 northern sarkars of Orissa passed into the hands of the Mughals. 

 Murad Khan was the first Mu gh al governor of Jalesar. Later 

 in the year when Daud attacked and killed the governor of 

 Bhadrak and marched northwards, Murad Khan retreated to 



the capital Tandah. 



Afgh 



and remained in their possession until Manasimha's reconquest 



in 1593 a.d. 



Afgh 



acrain rose under Usman, defeated the Imperialists near Bhadrak 

 and reoccupied Orissa with Jalesar Sarkar until defeated by 



Manasimha. 



Prince Khurram, when he rebelled against his father 



Jahangir, passed through this sarkar on his way from Katak 

 to Bardwan, and again when he retreated southwards to Deccan. 

 In the revised rent-roll of the Prince Shah Sujah (c. 1650 a.d.) 

 Sarkar Jalesar was subdivided into seven sarkars (Soro, Remna, 

 Basta, Jalesar, Maljettah, Goalparah and Mazkurln) and 127 

 mahals. Of these except the first all were dismembered from 

 Orissa and added to Bengal with the port of Balasore and the 

 Xilgiri Hills. In the ' perfect ' rent-roll of Mui_ 

 (1722 a.d.) these dismembered sarkars were placed under two 

 chaklas, Bandar Balasore and Hijili, and in the zamindari of 

 Tamluk, comprising 104 parganas. The Sarkars Soro, Remna, 

 Basta and Jalesar were dependent on Balasore, but were, how- 

 over, readded to the Subah of Orisa for administrative purposes. 

 In 1751 a.d., Alivardi Khan ceded to the Marathas the 

 whole of Subah Orisa up to the Suvarnarekha river, and beyond 



1 Professor Blochmann had a few notes on J ale r Sarkar in Hunter 

 Statistical Account of Bengal, vol. T. pp. 370-71. 



