Influence of Court Morals.

Raja Ajit had fourteen sons:
Abhai Singh.Bakht Singh.Anand Singh,Rasa,Devi Singh,
adopted into theadopted intoadopted into
Idar house.JhabuaPokaran.
Ram Singh.Bijai Singh. (in Malwa).
Fateh Singh,Zalim Singh,Sawant Singh.Sher Singh.Bhum Singh.Guman Singh.Sardar Singh,
died of smallpoxby a princess killed by
in infancy.of Mewar, the adopted Bhim.
rightful heir ofSur 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.