Influence of Court Morals.
| Raja Ajit had fourteen sons: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Abhai Singh. | Bakht Singh. | Anand Singh, | Rasa, | Devi Singh, | |||||||||||||||||
| adopted into the | adopted into | adopted into | |||||||||||||||||||
| Idar house. | Jhabua | Pokaran. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ram Singh. | Bijai Singh. | (in Malwa). | |||||||||||||||||||
| Fateh Singh, | Zalim Singh, | Sawant Singh. | Sher Singh. | Bhum Singh. | Guman Singh. | Sardar Singh, | |||||||||||||||
| died of smallpox | by a princess | killed by | |||||||||||||||||||
| in infancy. | of Mewar, the | adopted | Bhim. | ||||||||||||||||||
| rightful heir of | Sur Singh. | Man Singh. | Bhim Singh. | Man Singh. | |||||||||||||||||
| Bijai Singh. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Dhonkal Singh | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (Pretender). | |||||||||||||||||||||
Influence of his Concubine on Bijai Singh.
Rebellion of the Clansmen against Bijai Sīngh.
Death of Rāja Bijai Singh.
[1]. [On the N. frontier of Jodhpur.]
[2]. This treaty is termed haldi, or balpatra, ‘a strong deed’ [haldi means ‘turmeric,’ with which the hand-marks on the treaty were made]. The names of the chiefs who signed it were Jankoji Sindhia, Santoji Bolia, Danto Patel, Rana Bhurtiya, Ato Jaswant Rae, Kano, and Jiwa, Jadons; Jiwa Punwar, Piluji and Satwa, Sindhia Malji, Tantia Chitu, Raghu Pagia, Ghusalia Jadon, Mulla Yar Ali, Firoz Khan; all great leaders amongst the ‘Southrons’ of that day.
[3]. [The date of the battle is uncertain. According to Erskine (iii. A. 66) it was fought “about 1756”.]
[4]. The A, to the Rajput of the north-west, is as great a Shibboleth as to the Cockney—thus Apa becomes Hapa.