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THE ORIENTAL ANNUAL. 
none of them bear any inscription, except passages 
from the Khoran in the Arabic character, it is 
now impossible to decide with any certainty whose 
remains are laid beneath any one of them in par- 
ticular. The largest, however, is generally reputed 
to be that of Ameer Bereed, who reigned for a 
period of forty-five years, and was the most powerful 
of the dynasty. 
The origin of these kings is thus related by 
Ferishta * : — 44 Kasim Bereed Toork was brought by 
Shahab-ud-Deen to Bidur, and sold as a Georgian 
slave to Sultan Mahmoud Shah Lushkurri Bahmani, 
by whom he was admitted among the Georgian 
attendants of that monarch. In his reign, he dis- 
tinguished himself by his bravery against the Maha- 
rhattas residing between Peitan and Chakun, whom 
he was deputed to reduce. One action, in particular, 
took place, in which Kasim Bereed was victorious, 
and having slain Sabaji Maharhatta, the king gave 
that deceased chief’s daughter in marriage to Kasim 
Bereed’s son, Ameer Bereed, as a reward for the 
hero’s services. Sabaji’s territory was also conferred 
upon him ; and upwards of four hundred Maliarhattas, 
who were connected with the late chief, entered his 
service ; many of whom he persuaded to embrace the 
faith. To this attached body of Maliarhattas Kasim 
Bereed always evinced the utmost kindness ; and the 
connexion formed by his son’s marriage gave him a 
* Briggs’s translation. 
