May 1861.] 



Report on Bustar. 



1$ 



*1. Koteepur. 



2. Choorchoonda. 



3. Omercote. 



4. Kaigurh. 



5. Poragurh. 



6. Bagdurh. 



7. Salmee. 



Ghurs and 9 Talooks) and 13 Zemindaries ; in all 70> sub-divisions. 



Of these, seven Ghurs* are now included 



in the Jeypore dependency, five of them 

 having been ceded by Duryao Deo, the 14th 

 Rajah, about 80 years ago, in lieu of assist- 

 ance received from the Jeypore Rajah, to 

 enable him to recover the throne of the 

 dependency from his younger brother Aj- 

 meer Sing, who had forcibly wrested it from him ; the other two 

 Ghurs or Talooks (Nos. 6 and 7) are stated to have been encroach- 

 ed upon by the Jeypore Rajah, the former in the time of Dulput 

 Deo, Rajah of Bustar, and the latter in the time of Mahipal Deo 

 his son. Three Gurhs (Shawah, Singpore and Muckka) forming 

 the Talook of Shawah, were in the year 1240 Fusly, transferred 

 to the Nagpore Government, together with the whole of the 

 Sayer collections of the dependency (Khalsa portion) in lieu of 

 the Takolee formerly paid, and amounting to Nagpore Rupees 

 4,000, which it was found difficult to collect. Five villages 

 held as Mokhassa by the widow of Mahipal Deo, were retained. 

 One Gurh named Bhutgurh has passed over to the Bendry 



Nowagurh Zemindary and 

 another, Deo Dougurh, to 

 Kakeir, at what time is not 

 known. Seven Ghurs as per 

 margin have been given in 

 Mokhassa to Zemindars, of 

 which Lingagiri was incor- 

 porated by Mahipal Deo in 

 the Zemindary of Bhopalputnam, on account of the assistance 

 received from that Zemindar in apprehending one Dhurma Rao, 

 for which orders had been received from the Nagpore Government. 

 Three (3) Gurhs in Dhuntewarra, Pratapagiri, Kuttikalion and a 

 part of Jaitgiri have been alienated to the goddess, Dunteshwaree. The 

 Gurh of Barsoor was in the time of Duryao Deo divided into two named 

 Barsoor and Chindnar. Of the 1 3 Zemindaries, 4 on the northern 

 side of the Godavery, have passed over to Hydrabad, those of 

 Cherlah, Loongroo and Rekpully in the time of Duryao Deo and 

 Albaka in Mahipal Deo's time. There now remain therefore 36- 



Ghurs. 



Zemindars of 

 what Talooks. 



2 [Mungenar.... ) 



4 jBhyrungurh .... 



5 Irole Buchole.... 



6 Ameergurh... ) 



Purlkote. 



Bhopalputnam. 



Tootroo. 

 Chittlenar. 



Sookmah. 



