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the promise of a larger sum of money than the commandant expected 

 from the young apostates, prevailed upon Gunga Jee to join his force 

 to that of his master, strengthened by this body of marauders, 

 Nerind Singh ventured a general action, in which his cousins were 

 defeated and both killed. 



His authority was now undisputed, but these frequent attempts of 

 his relations cost him a great part of his dominions, as he was obliged 

 to purchase the aid of neighbouring princes by territorial cessions. 

 In this last contest with his cousins he was ably assisted by two 

 Pathan feudatories, Azim Khan, who held in jageer, Barha, a part of 

 the Futtehpore district (14), and Londee Khan, who held the districtof 

 Chouree (19). Taking advantage of these disorders and of the weak- 

 ness of their prince they attempted to establish an independent autho- 

 rity over all the territories south of the Nerbudda. The prince invited 

 to his support the celebrated Bukht Bulund, raja of Deogurh ; and 

 with their united force defeated the two Pathan rebels, and killed 

 Londee Khan at Seanee, in the district of Chouree, and Azim Khan, 

 near the village of Koleree, in the valley of the Nerbudda. For this 

 assistance Nerind Sa' assigned to Bukht Bulund the districts of 

 Chouree (19), Donger Tal (20), and Goonsour (18). 



During these struggles he is said to have assigned to Chutter 

 Saul, raja of Bundelkhund, the five districts of Gurpehra (34), Dumoh 

 (35), Rehlee (36), Etawa (37), and Khimlassa (38), which afterwards 

 formed the province of Saugor. Two districts, Powae (27), and 

 Shanugur (29), had before been assigned to the chief of Bundelkhund. 

 He was obliged to assign to the emperor, it is said, for a recognition 

 of his title, the five districts of Dhumonee (29), Huttah (30), Mureea 

 Deh (31), Gurhakota (32), Shahgur (33)*. He also assigned Purtabgurh 

 (10) in jageer to Ghazee Rae Lodhee, who had served him faithfully 

 and bravely in the contest with Puhar Singh and his sons. 



Nerind Sa' died after a reign it is said of forty years, A. D. 173 If, 

 leaving to his son Mahraj Sa', only twenty-nine of the fifty-two 

 districts which had composed the Gurha Mundala dominions under his 

 ancestor, Sungram Sa'. After a peaceful reign of eleven years, 

 Mahraj Sa''s dominions were invaded by the Peshwa for the purpose 

 of levying the tribute which it was impudently pretended that the 

 Sutarah raja had granted to him the right to levy in all the terri- 

 tories north of the river Nerbudda. Mahraj Sa' resisted his demand 



* These had been assigned before by Nerind Sa/ after the defeat of Huree 

 Singh; and the cession was merely confirmed, 

 t It must have been 54 years. 



