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He continued in great favor for some time, but seems, at last to have 

 been supplanted by Chamman Beg. The rise of this younger brother 

 is curious. It appears that while all his family were in power, 

 Chamman Beg alone had remained without appointments. He be- 

 came however intimate with the dewan who introduced him to his 

 master. Sindia surprised that a son of A'dil Beg should till then 

 have been unknown to him, asked Abdul Haki'm how many sons his 

 father had left, " three" he answered, repeating their names. " And 

 Chamman Beg I" " O he's not my brother, but the son of some slave 

 girl." Boiling with rage the equally low-born Mahratta turned his 

 back on the blundering Beg. — Chamman was immediately taken into 

 favor, was sent to take charge of Mandeswar, and subsequently rose 

 to great power and distinction. 



Manowar Beg had some command near Bhurtpore, but being 

 defeated by the Jats he returned in disgrace and was never afterwards 

 employed. The district of Mandeswar had been entrusted to A'nwar 

 Beg but he was removed to make way for his illegitimate brother*. 



Of about fifty mosques not more than seven or eight are at present 

 frequented. The principal two very handsome buildings in the midst 

 of the city bear the names of the founders A'dil and Chamman Beg. 

 One of the deserted mosques is called Be-neo, or without founda- 

 tion, because the under surface of the lower range of stones of its 

 walls, is on an exact level with the ground about it, and really as 

 the place is small and low, and built on the crest of a hill, it may 

 possibly have no foundation. The Oujeinis, however, confirm the 

 propriety of the name by a fable which has certainly no foundation. 

 A Kabul faqir took it into his head to travel, but unwilling to leave 

 a favorite mosque he carried it about with him on his shoulders. 

 Arriving at last at Oujein, a brother faqir whom he had formerly 

 known, called out, •' Friend, what are you carrying that great thing 

 about for, put it down here." The weary traveller deposited his load, 

 but never took it up again, for charmed with the place, he made it 

 his home, and a small tomb in the court of the mosque is shewn as 

 the spot where rest his remainsf. 



There is an Arabic inscription over the door, consisting apparently, 



* I cannot help, even at the hazard of being tedious, again apologizing for the 

 meagreness of these details, information regarding the personal histories of 

 individuals is easily obtained by men in office, but with great difficulty by a 

 subaltern in a cantonment. 



f A Jain assured me that this place was an apasra or reading room of his sect, 

 but it is evidently a Musalman building. 

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