1 A GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE JUMMOO FAMILY. 2>V.)
2 Emperor's court, to go and keep Lis state at his own. There
3 more important business awaited him ; for on his arrival he
4 found his little territory almost in open insurrection. He arrived,
5 however, in time to prevent mischief, and the very sight and
6 even mention of the great Baber's seal and signature, was
7 more than sufficient to quiet and put down all rebellious spirits.
8 Henceforward the Rajah and his successors were treated as
9 the allies of the mighty rulers of Hindostan. Beeram Dehu
10 considering it but right to spread around him a just idea
11 of his distinction and rank among princes, and to keep up
12 and ensure a continuance of that friendship which should
13 always exist between allied monarchs and princes, he yearly
14 sent to the Court of Delhi, for Baber's especial use, a well-
15 stocked bag of wild walnuts, onions, &c; and in one rare in-
16 stance he is said to have gone so far as to send 101 head of
17 goats. He seemed much perplexed and surprised (but perhaps
18 was the only one that was so) at never receiving any return for
19 either his presents of rare dainties or his earnest professions of
20 friendship.
21 Many such traditions and anecdotes of Beeram Dehu and
22 his successors have been handed down, all tending to display
23 their moral, social and political condition in their several gene-
24 rations. It is now necessary, however, to pass over these
25 almost purely traditional times and to come down at once
26 nearer to the present day. It may therefore be briefly mentioned
27 that to Beeram Dehu succeeded many generations of his
28 descendents until we find the Rajahship vested in Drupe Dehu,
29 who died about the year of the christian era 1742. This chief
30 had four sons, Runjeet Dehu, Kousar Dehu, Sooruth Sing
31 and Bulwunt Dehu. The first of these succeeded his father
32 and died about the year 1780, when he was succeeded by his
33 eldest son, Bijerei Dehu, who had rebelled against his father
34 some years before the death of the latter. Bijerei Dehu died