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jahan's reign he served under Prince Shuja' in the siege of Paren- 

 dah, and was promoted in the beginning of the 8th year (1044 A. H., 

 or A. D. 1634-35) to a Command of 2000 (brevet), 1000 horse. 

 (Pddishd/m., I., b., 67). He died soon after in the same year. 



His son was Rajah Bihruz.* He served in the siege of Qanda- 

 har, and was in the 30th year of Shahjahan's reign a Commander 

 of 700, with 700 horse. In the beginning af Aurangzib's reign, 

 he assisted the emperor against Prince Shuja', and in the (second) 

 conquest of Palamau in 1072, or A. D. 1661. 



Rajah Bihruz died four years later, in the 8th year of Aurangzib's 

 reign. 



He is evidently the Rajah whom Babu Rashbihary Bose calls 

 Majah Beroje. 



On referring to the Survey maps, I find in the Parganah 

 Sikharabadi, which forms the Eastern boundary of Kharakpur, 

 two villages of the name of Bihruzpdr, evidently so called in 

 memory of Rajah Bihruz. 



The story of the Lak'hinpdr saint whose tooth-pick shot forth 

 green branches, resembles that of Sayyid Shah 'Abdullah Kirmani 

 of Birbhmn. Shah 'Abdullah left, it is said, when young, Kirman 

 in Persia, his native country, and visited Shah Arzani, at whose 

 request he went to Bengal. On departure, Shah Arzani, gave him a 

 tooth-pick of chambeli wood, and told him to remain at that place 

 where the tooth-pick would become fresh and green. Shah 

 'Abdullah arrived in Birbhum, and stayed at Bargaon, near 

 Bhadia, where he performed several miracles fkardmdtj. But 

 as the tooth-pick remained dry, he went to Khushtigri, another 

 village in Birbhum. One night he put the tooth-j)ick into his 

 pillow, and awaking he found it was fresh and green. He then 

 planted it, and it soon became a large tree, which is still seen. 



Shah 'Abdullah is especially renowned for the power which he 

 had over serpents, and now-a-days in Birbhum his name is repeat- 

 ed in formulas of enchantment. His dargdh is in the hands of his 

 descendants, and is visited by numerous pilgrims. 



Shah 'Arzani, whom I mentioned, is a Muhammeclan saint who 

 died during the reign of Shah Jahan at Patna, in A. H. 1040, or 

 1630. 



* Bihriiz, literally a man whose day is good. 



