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projected and arranged a partition of the province between themselves, 

 for the maintenance of their respective armies. Its resources on this occa- 

 sion were estimated at only ten lacs. The northern portion from Pattas- 

 pur to Barrimwa, yielding six lacs, was assigned for the support of the 

 Afghan troops, and the southern from Barrimwa to Malud, rated at 

 four lacs, was to be held by the Marhattas. On the treacherous mur- 

 der of Habib Ullah Khan shortly afterwards in his camp at Garpedda, 

 near Balasore, Raja Janoji became master of the whole province from 

 Pergunnah Pattaspur to the Thaneh of Malud. His arrangement was, to 

 allot the whole of the lands yielding revenue, as Mukaseh, for the support 

 of his army, one Mehal being made over to the management of each sir- 

 dar. Things remained in this miserable state till 1163, when a fresh treaty 

 was entered into, between the Marhattas and Aliverdi Khan, at the insti- 

 gation of the whole body of the Zemindars of Midnapore and neighbour- 

 ing districts, who, worn out by the repeated incursions of the Berar Mar- 

 hattas, offered to pay any sum, in addition to the Tashkhis Mokerreri or 

 fixed revenue of Bengal, which might be agreed to as a composition for 

 the Chout Sir Des Mukhi. Masalih ad Din was in consequence dis- 

 patched by the Court of Moorshedabad to Nagpore, with full powers to 

 treat, and the following arrangements were determined on, " The Chout of 

 the three Subas was now settled at 12,00,000 annually. The Suba of 

 Orissa from Pergunnah Pattaspur to Malud to be managed by a Subadar 

 appointed from Bengal, who should yearly pay the surplus revenue of that 

 province, estimated at four lacs, to an agent of the Bhonsla stationed at 

 Cuttack. The remaining eight lacs were to be made good from Moorshe- 

 dabad, Patna, &c. by Bundis or Bills of Exchange. The Marhatfa armies 

 forthwith to evacuate the province." On the conclusion of the treat} 7 , Raja 

 Janoji quitted Orissa, Mohammed Masalih ad Din received the appoint- 

 ment of Naib Subadar, and Sheo Bhat Santra, an eminent Gosain mer- 

 chant, was named the agent for the Court of Berar to receive the four lacs 

 from Cuttack, and to look after the annual remittance of the balance of the 

 Chout from Moorshedabad. 



