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the Mahol Rajah. Soon after the cession they passed, by public sale, 

 into the hands of Sheo Lall Dhoobe. No proprietary right had ever 

 been claimed by the village communities, and yet in 1834 they fought 

 regarding their common boundary, and lives were lost on both sides. 



33rd. The above historical facts have been mentioned merely to 

 illustrate the mode in which the proprietary right was generally 

 exercised, and how this right was transferred, and the present existing 

 diversity of tenure introduced. I suppose the original conquest of the 

 Rajpoots to have been the general foundation of the existing proprie- 

 tary right in the soil. That right we often still find exercised in 

 its original purity, but in many places no trace of it can be found. A 

 few instances in which the mode of its annihilation, and the rise 

 of a subsequent right is known, may account for these irregularities. 



34th. Tuppah Hurbunspoor extends along the south bank of the 

 Touse, opposite to Azimgurh. It was held originally by a tribe of 

 Sukrawar Rajpoots, a remnant of whom still survive in Ooncha- 

 gaon. In order to strengthen their fort, the Rajahs of Azimgurh 

 determined to lay waste a great part of this tract, and encourage 

 the growth of jungle upon it. The Sukrawars were accordingly 

 expelled, and the country depopulated. The soil however is rich, 

 and in time, when the whim of the day had passed away, it was 

 considered desirable to bring this tract again under cultivation. 

 The Sukrawars were, however, then broken and ruined, and in 

 no condition to assert their rights in opposition to the Rajah of 

 the time. In this space, accordingly, to the south of Azimgurh, 

 in its immediate vicinity, we find all sorts of tenures existing. The 

 village of Siddharee was given to Baboo Baz Bahadoor, a member of 

 the family, and added to his Talookah. He located cultivators upon 

 it, and it is now his absolute property. A portion of land, for- 

 merly called Sarungdurpoor, was given to Ikram Khan, who brought 

 it into cultivation, and there located a body of Puleear Rajpoots from 

 Sumaidah, in Tuppah Behrozpoor, Pergunnah Mahomedabad, and 

 called the place Ikrampoor. He passed away, and the resident Raj- 

 poots became recognized as the proprietors. Thus too Jaffurpoor is 

 formed out of the land of the old villages of Pooranahpoor, Bullaisur, 

 and Golwarah. Baboo Jaffur Khan brought the land into cultivation, 

 and located some Dhoonwar Rajpoots, who afterwards, on the extinction 

 of his family, became the proprietors. Another tract of this waste land 

 was assigned to some Buneeahs, who brought it into cultivation, built 

 a large village, and have left traces of their industry and wealth in 

 numerous topes, and some artificial bunds for irrigation. This village 

 was called Bodhaitah. In the days of the Chukladars it was plunder- 



