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peopled ; and to lay down definite boundaries would not only be impos- 

 sible, but would convey an erroneous impression. It only remains to 

 observe that special interest attaches to one of the mahals in this Sarkar, 

 that of Laharpur, as being the birthplace of the illustrious financier, 

 Rajah Todar Mai, the author of the great Revenue Settlement whose 

 features Mr. Beames is now endeavouring to restore. 



V. Sarkar Lakhnau. 



55 mahals. Area 33,07,426 bigahs. Revenue 8,07,16,160 d. 

 45,72,526 s. Castes various ; 2,680 horse, 36 elephants, 83,450 foot. 



The greater number of mahals in this Sarkar are still extant and 

 have been identified by Mr. Millett in the Sultanpur Settlement Report. 

 This Sarkar, the richest and most cultivated of the whole, occupies the 

 south-west portion of the Subah, with certain outlying patches. 



Mr. Beames has excluded from this review all those portions of the 

 present province of Oudh which did not lie within the Suhah of that name. 

 There are many uncertain points and Mr. Beames is aware that his 

 map cannot be accepted as anything but a first attempt. He trusts, 

 however, that it will be useful in one way. It is not until you come to 

 construct a map and find yourself forced to account for every inch of the 

 tract included, that you find out the gaps in your information. Mr. 

 Beames concludes with expressing a hope that local officers, interested in 

 the history of the province, will come forward with information which 

 may clear up all doubtful points. 



The paper will be published in full in Journal, Part I, for 1884. 



2. Notes on a Gold Coin of Kdm Bakhsh. — By J. Gr. Delmerick. 



Aurangzeb, after reigning for nearly fifty years, died on the 28th 

 Zilkadah A. H. 1118 or 21st February 1707 A. D. He had five sons. 



1. Mohammad Sultan. Born on the 4th Ramzan A. H. 1049 

 (14th November 1639). His mother was Nuwab Bai.* Although he 

 rebelled and joined his uncle Shuja whose daughter he espoused, he 

 never asserted his independence so far as to strike coins in his own 

 name. Aurangzeb imprisoned him first in Selimgarh, and subsequently 

 in Grwalior. He died in the 2 1st year of the reign of his father. 



* See note at page 199 of Keene's Turks in India. The story therein recorded 

 is on the face of it absurd. There was no Hindu Eajah of Kashmir in the time of 

 Aurano-zeb. It is not likely that a Hindu Rajah would have given his daughter in 

 marriage to a Muhammadan faquir. Nor was it probable that the issue of such a 

 union could have been adopted by a Hindu, or been brought up as Hindus by the 

 Hindu Eajah. Nuwab Bai was a Hindu woman before she became an inmate of Aur- 

 angzeb's haram. Bai is a Dakhin word and means a lady. 



