oct. — mar. 1858-59.] Fort and Temple at Vellore. 277 



Nawab-Nansur Sing, son of Nawab Azuf Jah, Soubadar of the 

 Deccan, was directed by the king of Delhi to govern the Carnatic, 

 and on his death Nawab Daood Khan, accompanied by his Dewan 

 Nawab Saadut oola Khan, came to this country. 



On Daood Khan's return to Hyderabad he made over the Go- 

 vernment of the country to Saadut oola, who came to terms with 

 all the petty Rajahs, excepting the Rajah of Guijee, who refused 

 to pay his revenue, assigning as a reason that he had expended all 

 his resources in building seven hill forts at Guijee. Nawab Saadut 

 oola not considering this a satisfactory reason, seized Guijee and 

 took Dar Sing prisoner. The history of Dar Sing is written in the 

 Gentoo language, as also that of his wife who suffered herself to be 

 burnt with him. His tomb is situated at Tutta Petta near Guijee. 



During the period of Nawab Saadut oola Khan's Government, 

 (about one hundred and ten years ago), he granted to his brother 

 Nawab Gholam Ali Khan, the jagheer of Vellore and its depen- 

 dencies. 



Gholam Ali Khan had four sons, viz., Ali Dost Khan, Bauker 

 Ali Khan, Saduk Ali Khan, and Acbur Mahomed Khan. On 

 Gholam Ali Khan's decease, his property and jagheer were divid- 

 ed amongst his four sons, and Nawab Bauker Ali Khan succeeded 

 to the Fort and district of Vellore. 



During the time that Bauker Ali Khan held the jagheer (about 

 90 years ago,) a great famine happened in this country, at which 

 period he established a Lungur Khana to support a number of 

 poor people and deepened the Chedpary tank. He made, more- 

 over, a nullah from the Palaar river to supply the tank with water. 

 Nawab Bauker Ali Khan had two sons, Gholam Rajah Khan and 

 Gholam Martuzah Khan. The latter succeeded his father after 

 his death in the jagheer of Vellore, and built a hill fort near Vel- 

 lore which he called Moortuza-ghur. His wife founded a village 

 called Baukerpooram, and made a garden near it called the " Bar- 

 rier gate," at present the indigo works of Mr. Jollie. 



Wallajah, the Nawab of the Carnatic, demanded Gholam Moor- 

 teza Khan's daughter in marriage for his son Nawab Oomdut 

 Oomrah, and on being refused he leagued with Lord Clive, enter- 

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