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A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II by William Sleeman
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country, or took service under our Government, or that of Oude, or
descended to the rank of day-labourers or cultivators in other
estates.*

[* Estates held by the family under _bynamahs_ or sale deeds:

1. Puchumrath . . . . . . . . . 1,13,000
2. Howelee . . . . . . . . . . 45,000
3. Mogulsee, including Hindoo Sing's
estate of Shapoor, obtained by
fraud and violence . . . . . . 28,000
4. Bhurteepoor and Laltapoor . . . . 30,000
5. Rudowlee . . . . . . . . . 12,000
Turolee in Huldeemow. . . . . . 17,000
6. Bahraetch in Sagonputtee . . . . 4,000
7. Gosaengunge . . . . . . . . 3,000
________

Total Company's Rupees . . . 2,52,000
________


Dursun Sing's contracts, for the land revenue, of districts, amounted
from 1827 to 1830, to 59,00,000 rupees a year. From 1830 to 1836, to
58,00,000. In 1836 to 46,100,000. In 1837 to 47,00,000. He continued
to hold the whole or greater part of these districts up to September
1843.]

There were four brothers, the sons of a Canoongo, of Fyzabad; first,
Birj Lal; second, Lala; third, Humeer Sing, a corporal in one of our
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