The Land Systems of British India; Book 4. the Raiyatwerf and Allied Systems (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 Excerpt: ...tribe, who were originally Yadava Rajputs, but at an early date adopted the Muslim faith. They came from Kachch (Cutch). After the reign of fifteen kings of this line, the Sama dynasty was supplanted by the Arghun dynasty from Kandahar (Qandahar). In the end, the province was united under the Mughal rule, A.d. 1592. But various native families rose to pre-eminence as local chiefs, such as the Daudputra and the Kalhora. The Mughal rule was, in turn, broken by the Afghans under Nadir Shah; after him Ahmad Shah Durani obtained the rule, and the local princes became tributaries. 1 The ' pagi' (or paggi) is not extraordinary skill) the traces of only the watchman, but the track-stolen cattle and the thieves. er who follows (sometimes with In 1783 the (Biluchi) Talpur family rose to power as 'Amirs1, ' and split up the country into portions, each held by a member of these families. These were 'the Amirs of Sindh, ' from whom the country was conquered in 1843 under Sir Charles Napier. 1. Modem Territorial Division. Sindh is now formed into three large Collectorates2, called Karachi, Shikarpur, and Haidarabad; and two Political 1 The Talpurs are specially noted which were governed by Kardars. as having granted jagirs to chiefs--Gazetteer, p. 46. of their nation (Biluchi), and as 2 It will be observed that though having formally established za-Sindh is ' non-regulation, ' the mindaris. Under the Amirs, the district officers (with the exception administrative divisions of the of two whose position is peculiar) country were called parganas, and are called ' Collectors, ' not Deputy thoy were subdivided into 'tappas, ' Commissioners as elsewhere. Districts--(1) the 'Upper Sindh Frontier District, ' under a Political Superintendent, who is magistrate of the district,