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and approaching Allahabad had raised disturbances in that quarter. In the 
9th year (1139—1140 H.) Muhammad Khan received a farmdn directing 
him to proceed to his Subah to restore order, Bundelkhand being a sub¬ 
ordinate division of the Allahabad province. An allowance of two lakhs of 
rupees a month was made, afterwards commuted to a grant of the Chakla 
of Kora. 
As soon as he reached Allahabad, Muhammad Khan began to raise an 
army. Seventeen rupees was the pay of a trooper and twenty rupees that 
of a Jamadar. On the 12th Jamada II, 1139 H. (24th January 1727,) 
Akbar Khan, the Nawab’s third son, was appointed to lead the van and 
crossed the Jamna. Muhammad Khan’s advance-tents were sent across the 
river, and he soon followed with fifteen to sixteen thousand horse and the 
same number of infantry.* * * § ** * * §§ 
At this time the Bundelas, with a force estimated at 20,000 horse and 
more than 100,000 foot, held the whole of Baghelkhand up to Patna, the 
country of Sankrat, and Mando (or Madhon)f as far as HaldirJ the 
only place left was the fort of Be wand, [Bond, Pewand P] which Hardi Sail 
and Jagat Bae had invested with a force of 30,000 horse and 50,000 foot. 
To meet this powerful confederacy, Muhammad Khan urged the Wazir to aid 
him with contingents from Udait Singh, Bajah of Orchha, Bao Bamchand 
of Datiya, Pirthi, zamindar of Sahendah, Durjan Singh, zamindar of Chande- 
ri, Bajah Jai Singh of Maudah, Khande Bam Narwari and Bajah Gropal 
Singh Bhadaurya. He also wished for the aid of certain faujdars, Sayyad 
Najm-ud-din ’Ali Khan, Sabit Khan, Jan Nisar Khan, Buzurg ’Ali Khan, 
and the Naib Faujdar of Jaunpur. None of these men, except Jai Singh 
of Maudah, appear to have obeyed the orders issued to them from Delhi. 
The first operations were directed to clearing the eastern part of Bun¬ 
delkhand. The forts of Luk§, Cliaukhandi, || G-arh-Kakareli^f and Mau ## 
in the Sankrat-Barsinghpurff country were reduced. They also obtained 
BamnagarJJ the forts of Katauli,§§ Sahrah, and Kalyanpur,|| || with a 
* The crossing took place, I am inclined to think, at Allahabad, or perhaps, at 
the Mau ferry, some 35 miles above that place. 
f Query, 22 miles west of Riwah. 
X Query, 10 miles north-east of Riwah. 
§ In Riwah, east of the Tons. Long. S1 *29, Lat. 24*55. 
|| Long. 81.29^ Lat. 25.1. About 10 m. S. of Bargarh Railway Station, in the 
Riwah state. 
II Long. 81.17 Lat 24.26, west of the Tons, in the Pannah state. 
** Long. 81°9 Lat 25°21 about seven miles S. of the Dabhaurah Railway Station. 
ff Long. 81° 1 Lat 24°48 about 7 m. east of the Jabalpur Railway. 
XX There is one Ramnagar about 2 m. west of Kalinjar. 
§§ Long. 81°15 Lat 24°59', 
DU Long. 81°7' Lat. 25°. 
