1850.] Descriptive notice of the District of Jhilum. 45 



father of Raja Lai Singh, Shekh Emam-oo-deen and Raja Lai Singh, 

 and was latterly managed by Misr Roop Lai. The former assessment 

 of the Rothas district was 40,000, which was subsequently raised to 

 60,000. The present division is into 4 tuppehs, viz. Raja Iskandarela, 

 Dhurala and Toliala, and 4 mundis, viz. Lehri, Sultanpur, Bhet and 

 Dumeli. The mundis have till recently been assessed as a whole, 

 the jummah of each village not being defined, and the revenue for the 

 mundi being collected by the Gukkur headmen. 



On the brow of the hill towards the Kuhan river adjacent to Rothas 

 is a fine Khangah, said to be that of a Pir named Shah Jamal ; and 

 built by Shah Jehan, who also erected the Serai on the other side of 

 the stream. From Rothas the common route to Bukrala winds along 

 the course of the Kuhan to Udrana in tuppeh Dhurala and thence to 

 Bukrala. 



The last chief of Rothas, Raja Fazl Dud Khan joined Sher Singh 

 during the rebellion, he obtained from the latter assessment of the dis- 

 trict of Rothas in Jageer as the reward of his service. From Rothas 

 a road leads straight to Bukrala by Chaukoa where is a fine tank 

 built by Golab Singh. Bukrala is a small village, or rather mundi, 

 containing several small villages of which Bukrala is the chief. The 

 country round is a mass of hills, and the road very difficult. It was 

 here that Dost Mohummad advised Sher Singh to holdout, and try his 

 fortune in a second encounter. The headmen here, as at Rothas, are 

 Gukkurs, and look upon themselves as of good family. Six kos east of 

 Bukrala is tuppeh Lehri, a strange little hilly district, the inhabitants 

 of which bear a bad character for turbulence and ill faith. Their 

 behaviour during the late campaign was conspicuously bad. From Buk- 

 rala there is no camel road to Lehri, which is consequently very in- 

 accessible. From the hills near the principal village the white fort of 

 Mungala, on the opposite side of the river Jhilum, seems quite close, 

 and the district is one of the first which Golab Singh took possession 

 of, the Zemindars still showing the rock which he ascended to survey 

 his new conquest. Immediately east of Lehri is Sultanpur, a small 

 mundi, only a few villages on the right bank of the Jhilum, and 

 south of which lies tuppeh Toliala. Proceeding west of Bukrala, one 

 arrives at Dumeli six kos, a fine town of 500 houses, with a good 

 bazar, situated on the river Kuhan. It is one of the most flourishing 



