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[No. 3, 
VII. Sarkar Ruhtas. 
18 mahals. 473,340 b. 15 b. 40,819,493 d. Castes various. 4,550 
horse. 
162,000 foot. 
1 . 
A'lrah. 
53,516 b. 16 b. 
30,281,000 d. 
2. 
Bhojpur. 
66,078 b. 17 b. 
4,903,310 d. 
3. 
Piro. 
3,407,840 d. 
4. 
Panwar. 
22,733 b. 3 b. 
1,677,000 d. 
5. 
Barganw. 
10,540 b. 17 b. 
842,400 d. 
6. 
Jaund. 
45,251 b. 3 b. 
4,440,360 d. 
7. 
Jidar. 
26,538 b. 16 b. 
1,634,110 d. 
8. 
Danwar. 
29,154 b. 4 b. 
6,076,520 d. 
9. 
Dinar. 
350,000 d. 
10. 
Ruhtas Haveli. 
34,330 b. 19 b. 
2,258,620 d. 
11. 
Ratanpur. Has 
a strong fort. 
783,425 d. 
12. 
Sirsi. 
44,710 b. 3 b. 
2,769,466 d. 
13. 
Sahasranw. 
31,220 b. 18 b. 
2,370,790 d. 
14. 
Fathpur Bihia. 
50,474 b. 15 b. 
3,736,040 d. 
15. 
Kotra. 
29,168 b. 15 b. 
18,293,200 d. 
16. 
Kot. Has a stone fort. 
847,920 d. 
17. 
Mangror. 
924,000 d. 
18. 
Nannor. 
26,921 b. 
2,000,000 d. 
This Sarkar is in the main conterminous with the modern district 
of Shahabad being bounded on the north by the Ganges, on the east by 
the Son, on the west by the ill-omened Karamnasa and on the south by 
the Kaimur range, though in this direction it is impossible to say exactly 
how far it may have been held to extend in Akbar’s time. The hold of 
the Muhammadans on this district must have been at all times somewhat 
precarious owing to the turbulence and independence of the Rajas of 
Bhojpur. Dalpat Singh the Raja in Akbar’s days appears to have spent 
his time alternately in durance and in rebellion. A great deal of this 
Sarkar was doubtless in the words of Mr. Sarristahdar Grant “ unsubdued 
“ and probably unexplored as held by independant or refractory zamin- 
“ dars, though valued by information and entered on the public records 
of the exchequer.”* 
In the settlement made under Aurangzeb in A. D. 1685 it was 
broken up, as stated above, into two Sarkars of which Rohtas contained 
7 and the new Sarkar of Bhojpur, or Shahabad (a name which apparent¬ 
ly occurs for the first time at this period) contained 11. 
# Grant’s Analysis. Fifth Report, p. 508. 
