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Notes on Chutid Nagpur, Packet, and Palamau. [No. 2, 
[Jahangir] that Ibrahim Khan* (governor of Bihar) had overrun 
Kokrah, and taken possession of its diamond washings. This 
district belongs to f ubah Bihar, and the river which flows though 
it, yields the diamonds. When the river contains little water, tumuli 
(gordbhii) and hollows ( abkandhd ) are formed. The diamond diggers 
know from experience that chiefly those tumuli contain diamonds 
over which insects hover, called by the Hindus jhingah. f They 
pile up stones on all sides of the tumuli, and then cut into them 
with hatchets and chisels, and collect the diamonds from among 
the sand and the stones. Sometimes diamonds are found of the 
value of a lac of rupees each.” 
“ The district and the diamond river are in the possession of the 
Zamfndar Durjan Sal. The governors of Bihar sent frequently 
detachments into Kokrah; but as the roads are fortified and the 
jungles impenetrable, the governors were generally satisfied with 
a tribute of two or three diamonds.” 
“ When I appointed Ibrahim Khan governor of Bihar, vice Zafar 
Khan, I told him, at the time of departure, to invade the district, 
and drive away the unknown petty rajah.” 
“ No sooner had Ibrahim entered on his office, than he prepared 
himself to invade Kokrah. The Rajah according to custom sent 
a few diamonds and elephants ; but Ibrahim was dissatisfied, and 
invaded the district before the Rajah could collect his men. When 
he received the news of the invasion, he was in fact already be¬ 
sieged in the pass (Icokdarah) where he used to reside. Some of 
Ibrahim’s men who had been sent out to look for him, found him 
with several persons, among them his mother, another wife of his 
father, and one of his brothers, concealed in a cave. They were 
* Ibrahim Khan was the younger brother of Nur Jahan; vide Ain translation, 
p. 511. Begarding Shalibaz Khan Kambu and Yusuf Chak Kashmiri, men¬ 
tioned a little above, vide Ain translation, pp. 399, 478. 
f The rare Hindustani Dictionary, entitled Nawadir ul Alfdz, by the re¬ 
nowned Sirajuddin ’All Khan Arzu (Journal, Asiatic Society, Bengal, for 1868, 
pp. 27, 70) says— Jliingd is a small animal which lives in the water, and is 
called in Arabic jardd ulbahr (‘ water locust’), or irbidn.” This dictionary con¬ 
tains strictures on the Hindustani Vocabulary entitled Ghardib ullughdt by 
the excellent grammarian ’Abdul Wasi’ of Hansi, whose work Sir H. Elliot 
used for his Supplementary Glossary. Elliot generally calls it the “ Risalah.” 
Forbes in his dictionary ti’anslates jlringa by “ shrimp, a prawn,” evidently 
against native authorities. An insect seems to be meant, as may perhaps 
also be seen from the word jlungar, a cricket. 
