[17]. It is only by the possession of such knowledge that we can exercise with justice our right of universal arbitration.
[18]. Brave soldiers, but, safe in the deep sands, they refuse to serve except on emergencies.
CHAPTER 3
Jodha, A.D. 1444-88. The Foundation of Jodhpur.
Such was the abundant progeny of these princes, that the limits of their conquests soon became too contracted. The issue of the three last princes, namely, the fourteen sons of Chonda, the twenty-four of Ranmall, and fourteen of Jodha, had already apportioned amongst them the best lands of the country, and it became necessary to conquer “fresh fields in which to sow the Rathor seed.”
Jodha had fourteen sons, namely—
| Names of Chiefs. | Clans. | Fiefs or Chieftanships. | Remarks. | |||
| 1. | Santal, or Satal | —— | Satalmer | Three coss from Pokaran. | ||
| 2. | Suja (Suraj) | —— | —— | Succeeded Jodha. | ||
| 3. | Gama [21] | —— | —— | No issue. | ||
| 4. | Duda [Dhuhada] | Mertia | Merta |  | Duda took Sambhar from the Chauhans. He had one son, Biram, whose two sons Jaimall and Jagmall founded the clans Jaimallot and Jagmallot. | |
| 5. | Birsingh | Birsinghgot | Nolai | In Malwa. | ||
| 6. | Bika | Bikayat | Bikaner | Independent State. | ||
| 7. | Baharmall | Baharmallot | Bai Bhilara | —— | ||
| 8. | Sheoraj | Sheorajot | Dunara | On the Luni. | ||
| 9. | Karamsi | Karamsot | Khinwasar | —— | ||
| 10. | Raemall | Raemallot | —— | —— | ||
| 11. | Savantsi | Savantsiot | Dawara | —— | ||
| 12. | Bida | Bidawat | Bidavati | In Nagor district. | ||
| 13. | Banhar | —— | —— |  | Clans and fiefs not mentioned. | |
| 14. | Nimba | —— | —— | |||