Múnis Khán, his son, was during the reign of Jahángír a Commander of Five Hundred, 130 horse. Abú Ṭálib, son of Múnis Khán, was employed as treasurer (Khizánchí) of the Çúbah of Bengal.
103. Ra i Durga´ Sísodiah.
Rái Durgá is generally called in the Akbarnámah, Rái Durgá Chandráwaṭ (<Arabic>). The home of the family was the Parganah of Rámpúr, also called Islámpúr, near Chítor.
In the 26th year of Akbar's reign, Rái Durgá accompanied Prince Murád on his expedition against Mírzá Muhammad Hakím of Kábul. In the 28th year, he was attached to Mírzá Khán's (No. 29) corps, and distinguished himself in the Gujrát war. In the 30th year, he was with M. 'Azíz Kokah (No. 21) in the Dak'hin. In the 36th year, he followed Prince Murád to Málwah, and later to the Dak'hin.
In the 45th year, Akbar sent him after Muzaffar Husain Mírzá. He then accompanied Abulfazl to Násik, and went afterwards home on leave. He returned, but after six weeks went again home, apparently without permission.
He died towards the end of the 2nd year of Jahángír's reign.
According to the Tuzuk (p. 63), he had served Akbar for upwards of forty years. Jahángír says, he had at first been in the service of Ráná U´dai Singh, and reached, during the reign of Akbar, the dignity of a Commander of Four Thousand. He is said to have been a good tactician.
The Ṭabaqát says that he was in 1001 a Commander of Fifteen Hundred.
The Maásir continues the history of his descendants, from which the following tree has been taken.
| 1. Rái Durgá Sísodiah (Chandráwaṭ) | ||
| 2. Ráo Chandá (Jahángír) | ||
| (a.) A son | (b.) Rúp Mukund | |
| 3. Ráo Daudá (Sháhjahán) | ||
| 4. Ráo Hattí Singh (Do.)* [died childless] | ||
| 5. (a.) Ráo Rúp Singh [died childless] | 6. (b.) Ráo Amr Singh (Aurangzíb) | |
| 7. Ráo Muhkam Singh | ||
| 8. Ráo Gopál Singh | ||
| 9. Ráo Ratan Singh |
Ráo Ratan Singh turned Muhammadan, and got the title of Muslim Khán (Aurangzíb-Jahándár Sháh).
104. Ma´dhu´ Singh, son of Rájah Bhagwán Dás (No. 27).
He was present in the fight at Sarnál (p. 333). In the beginning of the 21st year (Muharram, 984) he served under Mán Singh against Ráná Kíká, and distinguished himself in the battle of Gogandah (21st Rabí' I., 984).* In the 30th year, he accompanied Mírzá Sháhrukh (No. 7) on his expedition to Kashmír. In the 31st year, after the death of Sayyid Hámid (No. 78), he took the contingent of Rájah Bhagwán from T'hánah Langar, where he was stationed, to 'Alí Masjid, where Mán Singh was.
In the 48th year, he was made a Commander of Three Thousand, 2000 horse. According to the Ṭabaqát, he had been, in 1001, a Commander of 2000.
His son, Chatr Sál, or Satr Sál, was at the end of Jahángír's reign a Commander of Fifteen Hundred, 1000 horse. He was killed together with his two sons, Bhím Singh and Anand Singh, in the Dak'hin, in the 3rd year of Sháhjahán's reign. His third son, Ugar Sen, was a Commander of Eight Hundred, 400 horse (vide Pádisháhn. I., p, 294; I., b., pp. 305, 314.)
105. Sayyid Qa´sim, and 143. Sayyid Ha´shim, sons of Sayyid Mahmúd Khán of Bárha, Kúndlíwál (No. 75).
In the 17th year, S. Qásim served under Khán 'A´lam (No. 58), in the pursuit of Muhammad Husain Mírzá, who after his defeat by M. 'Azíz Kokah (No. 21) had withdrawn to the Dak'hin.
S. Háshim served, in the 21st year, with Rái Rái Singh (No. 44) against Sulṭán Deorah, ruler of Sarohí, and distinguished himself in the conquest of that place.
In the 22nd year, both brothers served under Shahbáz Khán (No. 80) against the Ráná. In the 25th year, when Chandr Sen, son of Máldeo, raised disturbances, both brothers, who had jágírs in Ajmír, were ordered to march against him. Both again distinguished themselves in the 28th year, and served in the haráwal of Mírzá Khán (No. 29) in the Gujrát war.
S. Háshim was killed in the battle of Sarkich, near Ahmadábád. S. Qásim was wounded. He was subsequently appointed T'hánahdár of Patan. When Mírzá Khán went to Court, leaving Qulij Khán as Governor of Ahmadábád, Qásim was again appointed to a command and operated successfully against Muzaffar, Jám (zamíndár of Little Kachh), and K'hangár (zamíndár of Great Kachh).
On the transfer of Mírzá Khán, Khán i A'zam (No. 21) was appointed Governor of Gujrát. Qásim continued to serve in Gujrát, and distinguished himself especially in the 37th year. Later, he commanded the left wing of Sulṭán Murád's Dak'hin corps.
Qásim died in the 44th year (1007). He was at his death a Commander of 1500.
Regarding their sons, vide p. 392.
106. Rai´ Sa´l Darba´ri´, Shaikháwat.
He is also called Rájah Rái Sál Darbárí, and is the son of Rájah Sojá, son of Rái Rái Mall Shaikháwat, in whose service Hasan Khán Súr (father of Sher Sháh) was for some time.
As remarked above (p. 328, No. 23), the Kachhwáhahs are divided into Rájáwats and Shaikháwats. To the latter branch belong Rájahs Loṉ Karan, Rái Sál, &c.; the former contains Mán Singh's posterity (the present rulers of Jaipúr).
The term Shaikháwat, or Shekháwat, as it is generally pronounced, is explained as follows. One of the ancestors of this branch had no sons. A Muhammadan Shaikh, however, had pity on him, and prayed for him till he got a son. From motives of gratitude, the boy was called Shaikh.* Hence his descendants are called the Shaikháwat Branch.
Rái Sál was employed at Court, as his title of Darbárí indicates. He was in charge of the Harem. During the reign of Jahángír, he was promoted, and served in the Dak'hin. He died there at an advanced age. He had twenty-one sons, each of whom had a numerous posterity.
Whilst Rái Sál was in the Dak'hin, Mádhú Singh and other grandchildren of his, collected a lot of ruffians, and occupied Rái Sál's paternal possessions.* But Mat'hurá Dás, a Bengalí, who was Rái Sál's Munshí and Vakíl, recovered a portion of his master's lands.
After Ráí Sál's death, his sons and grandsons lived, according to the custom of the Zamíndárs of the age, in feud with their neighbours and with each other. Rájah Girdhar, Rái Sál's son, is almost the only one that distinguished himself at Court.