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1902*] C* A. Silberrad —History of Western Bundelkhand. 
Dulhar Rao tbe third son of Madhkur Sab received Shivnptiri 1 in 
Jagir; tbe favourite son Ratan Sen, Ghor-Jhamai 2 tbe fifth Indarjit, 
Nad-kachuwa ; 3 the sixth Partap Rao, Kiinch ; the seventh Har Singh, 
Bhasneh ; 4 the eighth Birsingh Deva Baroui. 5 Madhkur Sab during 
his whole life only once visited the Emperor, on all other occasions on 
which he was summoned he sent his son Ratn Sen with 7,000 Sawars. 
His total revenue was two crores and ten lakhs. After a reign of 38 
years he died in 1583 6 having attained the age of 80 years. 
At the time of his death his eldest son Ram Sah was at the court 
of the Emperor at Delhi ; the Emperor after condoling with him bestowed 
upon him the kingdom of his deceased father. The other members of 
the family who considered that they had rights to parts of the dominion 
brought forward their claims and two years passed before these were 
all settled. Finally such of them as had acquired their rights under 
Madhkur Sah were continued them and their names and lands se¬ 
parately entered in the records. They were not entirely independent 
however, as the Raja enjoyed certain rights of supremacy as head of 
the family. The names of the sub-divisions are as follows :—(1) of the 
Kachhwahas Rampura (2) Raghubansis Patua Kachai 7 (3) Gonds 
Bilahra 8 (4) Dangis, Garb Pahra® (5) Panwars Konahra, (6) Gonds 
Bari; 10 besides these grants he gave to the Dhanderas Sahabad, 11 and to 
the Gantum clan Garhakota. 18 Lastly Bihat, 13 Beona 14 Kathera and 
Mahewa 16 were given in jagir to four Bundela Thakurs. 
Besides these estates of the brothers of the Raja and the four 
jagirs just mentioned, Kalpi and Bhanrer were given to Abdullah and 
Hasan Khan respectively. They were jointly bound to provide a total 
force of 7,000 Sawars for the Emperor in time of war. There were 
in this way altogether 22 sharers in the kingdom. 
1 Better known at Sipri. 
3 In Sagar district, some 27 miles S. E. of Sagar. 
s In Gwalior 5 miles N.-E. of Pichhar and 27 S.-W. of Jhansi. 
4 In pargana Garotka (Jhansi district) 36 miles E. N.-E. of Jhansi. 
6 See note 42. 
8 The Gazetteer N.-W.P. (I, 556) gives 1593. 
1 The state in the Baghelkhand Agency S.-E. of Kalinjar. 
8 In Sagar district, 13 miles S. of Sagar. 
8 In Sagar district 6 miles N. N.-W. of Sagar. 
1° Said by the author to be near Cheripur (note 50). 
0- Said by the author to be between Guna and Narwar, in Gwalior. 
12 In Sagar district, 26 miles E. of Sagar. 
18 The Jagir of that name on the borders of Jhansi and Hamirpur, (not of 
course as bounded at present). 
1* Said to be in Jalaun district. 
1 & Said by the author to be near Kalinjar. 
