A History of the Mahrattas v1.c18.11

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¹ [i.e. Sar Khel or chief commandant. Lieutenant-Colonel T. B. Jervis (1796–1857), in his MS. studies of the Marāthā people, states that Kanhojī Angria was granted the title of ‘Surkhyle’ (i.e. Sar Khel) for distinguished service against the ‘Hubshee chief of Kolaba’ (i.e. the Sīdī ruler of Janjīra) subsequent to the year 1698 (J.B.B.R.A.S., xxii. 64). In the forged letter of October 12, 1718, which Rāmā Kāmati was charged with having written to Angria, thereby disclosing the plan of the English for an attack on Khānderi, Angria is addressed in the preamble as ‘Senhor Kanhoji Angria Sarqueel’ (i.e. Sar Khel) (B.C.G., ii. 93).]