120 C. A. Silberrad —History of Western Bundelkhand. [No. 2» 
that each son got an estate of one lakh as his share. At that time 
Bhagwan Rai with two of his sons was at the Emperor’s Court as the 
representative of his father Birsingh Deva. His other two sons 
Dhurmangad and Sakhat Singh were at Orchha; Birsingh Deva 
entrusted the list in which the share of Bhagwan Rai was recorded 
to Dhurmangad. This Dhurmangad was very brave and warlike. It is 
related of him that after swimning a river he met a lion on the bank 
which he killed with one blow of his fist. As soon as he received the 
list showing to what estate his father was entitled he went to Palera 1 
and properly administered the country. Har Deva and his nine brothers 
also took possession of their respective jagirs. When Bhagwan Rai 
heard of this he returned with the Emperor’s permission to Orchha, 
and asked his father saying, “ What order have you for me ? ” The old 
Raja replied “Nothing, I have already distributed the kingdom among 
your brothers and you and given a separate list showing each one’s 
share. The details of your share are with your son Dhurmangad Singh, 
go and take it from him.” Bhagwan Rai not liking to quarrel with his 
son, asked his father to grant him the grand palace of Datia, four 
courtiers and 300 horsemen. The Raja did so, and gave him the palace 
and with it the secret treasure buried there. In 1626 Bhagwan Rai 
went to Datia with his two sons, Prithwi Raj and Sabhkaran. On the 
death of Birsingh Deva he possessed himself of Baroni, which had 
been allotted for the maintenance of his father. He ruled 21 years 
and died in 1647. But the Gazetteer (of N.-W.P., I. p. 557) states 
that in 1640 Bhagwan Rai and his brother Beni Das were killed by a 
Rajput in battle. In any case on the death of Bhagwan Rai his 
two sons Prithwi Raj and Sabhkaran went to Delhi, and peti¬ 
tioned the Emperor to continue to them their father’s jagir. But 
the Emperor was then engaged in despatching an expedition to the west, 
and could not attend to them. Accordingly the two brothers accom¬ 
panied the expedition so as to please the Emperor by their valour and 
gallantry. At the very beginning of the battle the two young warriors 
charged the enemy at the head of 300 horse. The Imperial forces 
supporting them vigorously finally gained a complete victory. Prithwi 
Raj was killed in the battle and Sabhkaran being wounded returned to 
Delhi. The Emperor was so pleased with his conduct that he offered 
him a jagir of 12 lakhs out of the kingdom of Orchha. On hearing 
this the widow of Prithwi Raj came to the capital, and begged the 
Emperor to do something for her son Chatharsal. The Emperor will¬ 
ingly offered Chatharsal Baroni with a revenue of Rs. 1,25,000 in jagir. 
From that time Sabhkaran was a jagirdar of 12 lakhs and Chatharsal 
i See note 84. 
