Punjab States Gazetteers Bahawalpur State Vol.36

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1[Part A.

2CHAP. I, c.

3Population.

4TheBakhsiu'i-

5TliS.

6r/itf Holdiiist

7The KehrJyils,

8TJit M>nidhd‘

9n?s.

10122

11BAtiAiVAT.rrR Statf.'i Thf- Tidiulpoirii^,

12The Ihil'Ji.^Jidhh '--. — Tlie !i;ikhsli;uiis are funnd in Khairpur East,

13mid Gotli Bakhdia, noiv called Klianf|ali Sliarff after the khdufjdh

14(diriiie) ef Silliib-ns-Saii', Avas founded In' them. There are a few

15survivors rh' the familv in Goth Bakhsha in receipt of kasurs

16(allowance) frem the State. d’he repre.-^entatGe of this sub-

17dhnsion i> Qiidir Bakhsh Khan oi Khairpur Avho holds an i))dm

18of -500 hltldh.^.

19TJtr IJdhlinyi . — Sultan Khan, son of Hiila Khan, a member

20of the Halam D.indpotrG', founded Snltiiujinr, and his <ji‘andson,

21Bahadur Khiiii, foiuahHl Bahadur])ur in llt>4 II. or 174S A.D., in

22which his vaulted mausoleum stands.

23Kahir Khan, .son of Sultan Khan, constructed the Kabir-Avah,

24now knoAvn as the Kabfra Canal. lie also demolished the old

25idudwadda and founded a new Aullage, AA'hich he named Xanshahra.

26Fazl Ali Khan llahini, son of Kabir Khan, became a well-

27knoAVn man in his time. Ilis jirosperit-v reached its zenith toAvmrds

28the dose oi tlie 12th centurv, and he built many forts and villages.

29WhoncA'er a son Acas born to any one among his subjects the people

30used to .saw —

31/■'r.V .[// Klidii da Ini’ rhlu rd ii'ojlhiyd he

32I he chief villages and forts built by him AA'ere : — (1) Dm-gadh

33I'ort, which he sold to the Ihija of daisalmer for a /of/, 7/ of rupees;

34(2) Amin-gadh ; (d) 'raj-gadh or built on the old

35site of Ilurar, which had falli-u into ruins ; (4) Rajanpur, IG miles

36injrth-west of Xaushalira ; arid (->) Ihsiinpur. He also built (6)

37Sahilng-adh lort, which lie.s in the Rohi, 10 miles south of X^aushahra ;

38(7) Bhiigla Fort, 10 miles east of Xaushalira, Avhich ia in ta fair

39state of preserx'ation though unndiabited ; ((Sj Kandh Kot, 8 miles

40smith of Xanshahra; (0) Kot xVlam Fort, 21 miles north of

41Xairshalira.

42Ihr Ri'hr iiiis . — Sabzal Khan, son of iMundhn Khan (the

43grandson of Kdir), foundc-l Kot Sab/.al in 1 1 70 H. (1 7-‘')0 A.D.)

44and constructed the 8al)zal-w.'lh.

45.Muhammad Khan, a giandson of iMundhu Kluin, fouud-'d^'

46iMuhammadpui Kamma in !lr,t H. (17.d) A.U.) and coijtma'med

47the iMuhammad-w ah, and Ahmad Kliiin, a great-gri^OTh into

48iMundhii Khiin, founded Ahmadpur Lamina, which is ‘a Jn r (whose

49ishing toA\n. Of Sabzal Khan’s descendants, Sabzal JT Khan and

50jiresent leader of the Kehninis. He gets a pen.sion «ela, derive

51month from the State. Wadera Bakhtiiir Khan, a dtanis are : —

52.Muhammad Khan (founder of iMuhammadpur LammaaKhan, and

53as the leadin' of his brotherhood. '„g member

541

55I

56The ^^„,>dh

57from iMnndhu Khan.

58(Ij 1 i.'iil 'jil.iil, iM r',Il3- ciiinn of (‘itic3.

59I he Mundhiini Daiidpotras derh'e t

60I' rom tradition and the genealoc’^®

61X ^_-uilr^‘^lnd