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Maulavi ‘Abdul Wali— Jami < ‘ Masjid at Sailkupd. [No. 1, 
1-Islam were powerful rivals, and they stoutly opposed the claim. So 
did Mir Talibuddin. Mir Ghulam Darvish’s claim on thirty thousand 
bigahs of land under the Imperial Farman, and the subsequent events 
under the Regulation II of 1819 are an episode in the history of the 
Mauza‘ not easily to be forgotten. But whatever the decision of the 
Special Deputy Collector, the Farman was a genuine one—never doubted 
even by the formidable rivals of his day. 1 
Mir G.D. built a Kachari, somewhere close to the present Police 
station at Sailkupa, but before many months had elapsed, a messenger 
is said to have come on boat, and induced G.D. to accompany him to 
the Nawab or Emperor. Since then Mir G.D. has not been heard of, 
or his claims been put forth—till a comparatively recent date by one, 
who was in no way related to him, and when there was neither Emperor 
nor Nawab to decide the fate of the country. 
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1 Under Regulations XIX and XXVII of 1793, and II of 1819 various sorts of 
rent*free land and other tenements were resumed. Sec. 18 of the last named Reg. 
laid down that no Farman of the Emperor of Dehli, nor any Sanad or Parwana of 
any Vazir, Nawab, or Raja shall be considered valid ground for title, unless such 
deeds could be verified from official records, aud their genuineness attested by 
living witnesses. 
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