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hundred kos of the country belonging to Mandho* * * § ** and Bandah. For a time 
the enemy hung about the hills near Tarahwan, after which they entered the 
fort, Chattarsal himself taking refuge in flight. Leaving Kaim Khan to 
invest Tarahwan, Muhammad Khan himself went to within four Jcos of 
Sahendah, but the enemy again gave way and fled. The parganahs of 
Bhind,t Maudah,^ Pailani,§ Agwasi|| and Simauni,^[ with the ferries, had 
now been cleared. The campaign up to the first capture of Tarahwan 
seems to have occupied ten months or a year. 
Kaim Khan, the Nawab’s eldest son, and another brother, Hadi Dad 
Khan, were left behind with 12,000 horse and 12,000 foot to besiege 
Tarahwan. Babu Chattar Singh, son of Rajah Jai Singh of Maudah, was 
also put under his orders, together with Khan Jahan, Halim Khan, Muham¬ 
mad Zu’lfikar, Rae Har Parshad, and two zamindars, Sadu and Har Bans. 
Sangram Singh, brother of Anandi Das, had also promised to join with some 
men he had collected. Kaim Khan’s instructions were to take the place as 
quickly as possible, and then rejoin his father w T ith the captured cannon, lead,' 
and powder of Tarahwan, Kalyanpur and Kakrauri. The zamindars were 
to be conciliated, Tarahwan bringing in fourteen lakhs of rupees. 
The fort of Tarahwan, the head-quarters of Pahar Singh, had three 
mud forts with four masonry citadels, surrounded by an extensive jungle. 
For many years no Muhammadan governor had attacked it, and for some 
months it resisted all efforts to reduce it. The garrison was commanded by 
Sabha Singh, son of Harde Narayan and grandson of Chattarsal, aided by 
Har Bans, zamindar of Bargarh ## with a number of Mahrattas, “ Barki,” (?) 
and others. On the 9th Jamadi I, 1140 (12th Dec., 1727), after severe 
fighting, Kaim Khan succeeded in entering the outer fort, having beaten 
in the gates by driving his elephant against them. The Hindus, after a 
short struggle, were expelled from the second fortress and compelled to take 
refuge in the third fort. About two thousand of the besieged lost their 
lives. From the walls of the fourth fort, the defenders threw down burning 
substances, and the contest was prolonged for some fifteen hours: at three 
hours before sunrise the survivors sallied forth intending to escape, when 
three hundred of them were killed, and as many more were drowned in the 
* Madhogarh, Long. 80°58' Lat. 24°34'. 
f Mataundh, to the south-west of Banda, is suggested by Mr. Cadell. 
t In the East of the Hamirpur district. 
§ In the Banda district, the next parganah to Maudah on the east. 
|| Augasi, in the Banda district, the parganah next to Pailani on the east. Mr. 
Cadell tells me that the name is spelt Agwasi on a slab in the mosque at Augasi built 
by Shah Kuli on the site of the Hindu fort. 
II About 10 miles south-west of Augasi. 
** Bargarh, a station on the E. I. Railway (P) 
