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Gazetteer Of Ulwar 1878, 1878
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1held by them, at Sonah in Gurgaom, not far from Tijára, considerable tombs and ruins now existing are attributed to them, and the Khánzádas themselves declare that they held 1484 kheras (towns and villages), extending over ail Mewát. However, a comparison of their genealogies and records with the Persian histories seems to show that little dependence is to be placed on the former, though, no doubt, they indicate general facts.
3Soon after Bábar's death, his successor, Humaiyún, was in A.D. 1540 supplanted by the Pathán Sher Sháh, who, in A.D. 1545, was followed by Islám Sháh. During the reign of the latter a battle was fought and lost by the Emperor's troops at Fírozpur Jhirka, in Mewát, on which, however, Islám Sháh did not loose his hold.*
5An inscription on a fine tank in the Ulwur Fort states that it had been constructed by Chand Kází, Governor of the Fort (Hákim Killa), under orders from Islám Sháh, and that it was completed in H. 958 (A.D. 1550).
7Adil Sháh, the third of the Pathán interlopers, who succeeded in A.D. 1552, had to contend for the Empire with the returned Humaiyún. Adil Sháh had been established on the throne by Hemú, an extraordinarily able and brave man, of a trading or baniya caste, called Dhúsar, whom I mention as he was a native of Mácherí in the present Ulwur territory, and then apparently included in Mewát. Hemú is perhaps the greatest of that class of men who, though sprung from the trading order, are often the most valiant and reliable soldiers and administrators in Native States. He is said to have been originally a weigh-man in the bazaar, and after his rise he not only enabled Adil Sháh to triumph over those who first opposed him, but when the Mughals reappeared he resisted them successfully, and was regarded by them as the most formidable of their foes. It seems probable that he would have succeeded in finally defeating the invaders, but that he was mortally wounded when winning a victory at Panipat. Before his death he was taken before the young Akbar and Bairám Khán. The latter tried to induce the Emperor to slay him with his own hand, and when he refused, Bairám Khán killed him himself. A force was sent into Mewát to take possession of Hemú's wealth, which was there together with his family, and also to reduce Háji Khán, a slave of the late Emperor Sher Sháh, but a brave and able general. He was setting up pretensions to rule in Ulwur, but he did not venture to resist Akbar's troops, and fled to Ajmir. At Mácherí, however, where Hemú's family resided, there was much resistance before it was captured. Hemú's father was taken alive, and his conversion attempted. The attempt failed, and he was put to death.*
9In these struggles for the restoration of Bábar's dynasty Khánzádas
11* Mus. Hist., vol. iv. p. 484.
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