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in-law Jai Sipgh. He was himself a poet and a patron of poets. 
See Tod, ii, 482 and ff. (Calc. ed. ii, 528 and ff.). 
331. the poet Bhoj Misar the elder. 
FI. 1720 A.D. 
He attended the court of Buddh Raw (No. 330), and was the 
author of a work entitled Mi sat' Sirjjgar. 
332. Raja Gur DatV Siygh alias Bhupati 
Kabi, of Amethi, in Audh. FI. cir. 1720 A.D. 
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Sat., Sun. He was not only a poet himself, but was a great patron 
of poets. In Sun. he is called Chhitipal . Garcin de Tassy, i, 121, 
mentions a Bhupati or Bhu Deo, but a Kayasth by caste, the author of 
a work in Hindi verse entitled Sri Bhagawat. Cf. No. 604. 
333. TR Bhag’wmt Rciy the Khkhl, 
of Asothar , district Fatih’pur. FI. 1750 A.D. 
P Sun. He was son of one Araru, founder of the Asothar family. 
He maintained his independence for several years, and successfully 
opposed the emperor’s troops, but finally, in 1760, was killed by 
treachery, and was succeeded by his son Rup Ray . See Growse, Supple¬ 
ment to the Fatih’pur Gazetteer , pp. 5, 8, where 1860 is a misprint 
for 1760. He was author of a Ramayan, and ancestor of Kcim’td 
Par’sad (No. 644). He is possibly the same as Bhag’want Kabi and 
as a Bhag’wan Kabi , both mentioned by Sib Siijgh ; and as a Bhag’- 
want Kabi quoted in Sun. 
334. Uday Nath Tribedi, 
the poet-laureate, of Ban’pur a, in the Doab . FI. cir. 1720 A.D. 
Sat. He was son of Kalidds Tribedi (No. 159), the author of the 
Hajar a, and was as famous a poet as his parent. At first he attended 
the court of king Himmat Siygh, of Amethi (cf. No. 160), and usually 
signed his poems as by Uday Nath. Subsequently the king gave him 
the title of Kabindr’ or poet-laureate, and thereafter he signed himself 
Kablndr’. He got the title as a reward for writing a work entitled 
Ras-chandrbday, or Rati-binod or Chandroday, or Ras-chandriha. It 
deals with vernacular composition (vh^t *n~f%<*T), and was written 
