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AUGUST, 1915)
GAZETTEER GLEANINGS,
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But to his household Chain Sinh said "This “ Yahî wat ko kain mujâko bhejo kamdâr ko" letter! it is nought !
Kunwar Chain Sinh jawab dete bhai
bandon-ko. To Kashi priests and traders go, 't would Kashî jite Brâhman, Baniye; nahî lâjim sore disgrace my race.
hamko. A Rajput chief of purest blood and lineage Ham to Chhatri kî jật battâ lage mere such as I,
kul ko. My Kashi is the battlefield where you Hamari Kishi jājam par mar mare or I must fall."
tuz-ko." Thus writing, swiftly to Bihor, his answer Phîr to itni jawab likh-kar bheja Sihor ko.
he despatched. I sing the lay of Prince Chain Sinh, Chain Pargana likho Chain Sinh kd : Sinh of Narsinghgarh.
Khûb kari talwâr, khel ndhi chhoda mardon-ka. A mighty warrior one who ne'er left field till
fight was won. Then did the Sahib his first appeal swift to Pahali arji likhi Sahib ne bheji Kalkatte Calcutta send.
ko. A second letter asking aid he wrote to Daji arji likhi Sahib ne bheji Khilchỉpur ko.
Khilchipur.? A third he to Berasiâ8 sped (fief of the Tiji arji likhi Sahib ne bheji Berasia ko.
chief of Dhår). And yet a fourth to Bhopal town asking the Chauthî arji likhi Sahib ne bhejî Bhopal ko:
Begam's aid. « Hear Friend Hakim, send swift, I pray “Suno Miyin, bhejo, Hakimji, do tope two guns and a brigade. .
chir paltanî, bhijawo lad ne ko. The Sabah Sahîb of Narsinghgarh is march- “Ye Narsinhgadh ka Sabah atá he Sihor ing on Sihor.”
lene ko. I write the lay of Prince Chain Sinh, Chain Pargana likho Chain Sinh kd. Sinh of Narsinghgarh.
Khüb kari talwar khet, ndhi chho la mardon-ka. A mighty warrior one who ne'er left field till
fight was won. First the Prince his mother saw, and bade Pahli "Ram Râm" kari Kunwar ne apni her a fond farewell.
Mata ko. Next to his father Subhâg Sinh he paid a Daji "Ram Râm” kari Kunwar ne pita last adieu :
Saubhag Sinh ko. His third farewell was made at home unto Tiji “Râm Râm " kari Kunwar ne apni his wedded wife;
istri ko. His fourth to mother Kalika, famed goddess Chauthf "Râm Râm " kari Kunwar ne apni of the sword.
Kalka ko. + Khilchipur: Amall Stato Do Narsinghgarh. . . Beraria: A town in the district of this name.' Till 1860 it belonged to Dhår State, but was confiscated after the mutiny and made over to the Bhopal Stato.
Halten: A merober of the interesting Bourbon family of Bhopal (se Bhopdl Star Gazetteer) This partioular individual wa Balthasar Bourbon, alia, Shahzada Meath (sve infra note 16.)
