Riyaz al-salatin 9.1

9.1

In former times it was called Pargana-i-havili. Rupees 32,000 were its revenue collections. Since the Rajah of Birnagar also had a force of 15,000 cavalry and infantry, and other inhabitants of that part of the Chakwar tribe, &c, were refractory and of plundering propensity, and used to annoy much the travellers, therefore on the limits of the Morang, the fort of Jalalgadah, to a distance of two karohs from Purniah, was erected, and a commandant, in charge of the fort, was posted there. In compliance with the petition of Nawab Saif Khan, grandson of Amir Khan the elder, who enjoyed the name and title of his father, and was descended from Syeds and illustrious Omra, and had royal connections, Nawab Jafar Khan applied to Emperor Aurangzeb for the former's deputation, and accordingly Saif Khan was deputed for the purpose of chastising the Rajah of Birnagar and other malcontents of that part of the country. Nawab Jafar Khan, considering the arrival of such a person to be an acquisition, conferred the office of Faujdar of Zila' Purniah and that of Commandant of Jalalgadah upon him, and also settled on him the Pargana of Birnagar alias Dharmpur, and Gundwarah, which is in the province of Behar, pertaining to Purniah, and also the mahals of the Jagir forming an appendage to the office of Commandant of the above Fort.