598 Political Events in the Carnatic, from 1564 to 1687. [No. 152. 



You must then put the Tanjore people under arrest* till they collect 

 the balance of the Paudshali s tribute. "f You should also collect the 

 amount of the expences of the army, and send it to the presence." 



On reading this letter, he immediately left Bangalore fort in charge 

 of Chaualakaattee-Soorya-Row, and marched along with the two vi- 

 ziers to Tanjore ; in the way he took the fort of Arnee, thence he 

 marched to Tanjore, defeated the army of the Naikers, and drove them 

 away. He then laid the mogalloo on Tanjore, and encamped at Tree- 

 moollavoel, in order to collect the money of the tribute, and the expen- 

 ces of the armies; keeping the two viziers, Caudil- Alas- Khan and 

 Abdul AH, without the fort to fix and collect the amount of the money. 



It was while this Rajah was encamped at Treemoollavoel at this 

 A. D. 1674. time, that his second son Surpojee- Rajah was born, the third 

 person of this name in the Salleevahan Sakam, 1596, in the 

 Cycle year Rachasa ; these circumstances have been already men- 

 tioned. 



Veejaya-Ragava-Naik and his relations of Tanjore delaying to pay 

 the money of the tribute, and being involved in contentions among 

 themselves about the supreme! authority in the state, disputing who was 

 chief, dismissed the vakeel (who had been lately sent to Beejapoor,) 

 with the view of deceiving the two viziers, who resided without the 

 fort. This intrigue and deception being resented by his minister§ 

 and the vakeel, they were discontented, and represented to the two 

 viziers, " that the Naikers would not listen to their advice, and evinced 

 much weakness and folly in their conduct, which was now so bad, 

 that they were likely to ruin the country ; that they were at variance 

 with each other, and were not able to manage the Samstaan ; that they 

 (the viziers) ought therefore to take the country under their direc- 

 tion, as the Naikers, to the number of 15 or 20 people, were quarrel- 

 ling without any substantial reason, and ready to destroy each other ; 

 that the people were no longer under the command of the Naikers, 

 and no longer respected their authority, and designed to seize on the 

 fort, and to cut off' the Naikers within two days ; and recommended 

 therefore to them to rule the kingdom, (or assume the government.") 



* Arrest, mogalloo, (Tam.) The original runs literally " You will lay the mogalloo 

 on the Tanjore people till, &c. &c." The Malabar mogalloo seems to be the derna 

 of the Northern Hindoos. 



f Peishkush. 



+ Original, " Am I great, or are you great ?" 



§ Muntree, the chief minister. 



