1901.] Maulavi ‘Abdul Wall— Jdmi c Masjid at Sailkupa. 
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bigahs of lakhiraj land at Sailkupa, and remained in possession thereof. 
T. was the nephew ( of his grandfather—Mir ‘All Riza. T. filed 
his Ta‘dad in 1202 B.S. and became dispossessed from the greater part 
of his property. After his death, Mir Ghulam Nabi, father of Haidar, 
being unable to get possession of the property, gave it in ijara to Brij 
Kis5r Nandi (father of Guru Nandi), and from him Haidar was getting 
the rent. , 
Radha Caran went so far as to call the Farman a forgery, and the 
case was decided accordingly. The Farman was dated in the 10th year 
of the Julus of Emperor Shah ‘Alam and the 12th of Nawab Sadru-s- 
Sudur corresponding with 1184 A.H. = 1175 B.S. The Diwani was 
granted to the East India Company in 1172 B.S. = 1766 A.D., so the 
Farman was dated three years after that grant. Had it been genuine it 
would have received the sanction (Manzuri) of the Company, and entered 
in official records, as it was necessary in all such grants made subse¬ 
quent to 1766. Neither G.D. nor his successors were in possession of 
the property. Haidar got a decree for 100 bigahs and 4 kattas, as sole 
heir of T. whose possession was proved. 
This Farman was never returned. The particulars are extracted 
from an official Faisila of suits No. 1014 and 1015 of 1842. 1 
A careful perusal of the papers above noted shows that Mir Ghulam 
Darvish imposed himself upon the Court, and the easily-gained officials, 
and by mispresentations acquired his Sauads, Farmans, and Parwauas. 
His profession that his ancestors were always in the enjoyment of the 
mangement of the Masjid-i-Jami‘, the Rau^a of the Maulana Muhammad 
‘Arab Sahib, and the properties thereof, are not only untrue, but also 
his claim that he was descended from the illustrious “ Saiyid Hasan 
Baghdadi.” was doubted. Mulla Khairu-l-Islam. and his son Nazimu- 
1 The Amin on his arrival at Sailkupa acted in a high-handed manner, forcibly 
summoning such persons as were interested in the matter, and demanding large 
sums as bribe; to this the villagers protested. The Amin reported falsely that his 
piyada was seized and beaten, and his Capras taken away. The villagers too lodged 
counter charges of corruption and extortion on the part of the Amin. After en¬ 
quiry the Amin was worsted. The commotion thus produced had its comical side, a 
Musalman poetestar composed a long Sari or rhapsody which used to be long sung. 
The following lines are from it:— 
“Bamsi Badan name ami khyati rakhibd 
Guru Nandir int bhaqge Camd Miyar bati libo 
Majar Doem Qanun, turn! dekhale 
Loker eto sarabengo (?; ” 
[ I will keep prominent my name of Bansi Badan; will pull down Guru Nandi’s 
bricks (house), and carry them to Cand Miyau’s. Thou oomic doem Qanun! 
(Regulation 11), thou hast shown us so much of & man’s fool’s-errand. ] 
