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and a new bazar of one hundred shops, laid out in two streets, at right 



angles to and intersecting each other, the residence of Rajah Fazldad 



Khan, who is by tribe a Bagyal. There are eight wells with Persian 



wheels, and the revenue is one thousand rupees. 



28th Jamadee-ussanee. — Travelled five kos to Rotas, the head 



man of which place is Fazdlad Khan, by caste a 

 Rotas. r J 



Bagyal. He formerly furnished a contingent of 



500 horse; and enjoyed the whole of Rotas, now under the rule of 



Rajah Gulab Sing. He enjoys 7,000 rupees, 1300 from Dumbelee and 



5,700 rupees from other districts, and has no power. He has now retired 



to Dumbelee, where he resides. Rotas contains one thousand houses, 



and one hundred shops ; has twelve gates, three to the East, five to the 



West, two to the North and two to the South : four of which alone are 



open. The district of Rotas is divided into fourteen tappas, one of 



which, Taliyala, under Waleedad Khan, is in jagire to Shah Zadah 



Karak Singh ; one Shah Jahenee, under Shah Ahmed to Mishur 



Jesah, keeper of the royal toshakhanah ; and the remaining twelve 



are in jagire to Rajah Gulab Singh. The revenue of Rotas was 



formerly three lakhs of rupees, now it only amounts to one lakh. 



The twelve tappas of Rajah Gulab Singh are as follows : 1st. Tappa 



m , m Shakra, under Cboudree Ghulam Husen, by caste a 



Twelve Tappas. ' J 



Gujar ; 2nd. Tappa Salama, under Abdulla Khan 



Gujar ; 3rd. Tappa Doulatalee, under Azeemulla Khan Bagyal ; 4th. 

 Tappa Sikandar, under Azeemulla and Imam Bakhsh Bagyal ; 5th. 

 Tappa Choutlee, under Walo Khan Malyar ; 6th. Tappa Rajoo, under 

 Choudree Suleman Gujar ; 7th. Tappa Sangoee, under Mahdee Khan 

 Bagyal ; 8th, Tappa Tirhala, under Fazaldad Khan Bagyal ; 9th. 

 Tappa Shibalee, under Mado Khan Bagyal ; 10th. Tappa Eesyala, under 

 Khuda Bakhsh, and Khuda Yar Jat ; 11th. Tappa Kunar, under Lai 

 Beg and Meerza Khan Moghuls ; 12th. Tappa Pidree, under Yoosaf 

 Khan Bagyal. 



29th Jamadee-ussanee. — Travelled six kos to Sangoee, passing half 

 way a river, the remaining half over sand through culti - 

 vation. The place contains six hundred houses and 

 seventeen shops of Hindoos. Here Mishur Jesah has built a fine upper- 

 storied house for his own accommodation. Outside the village, to the 

 North, is a fort with four towers, garrisoned by twelve of Rajah Gulab 



