Court of Wards until 1884, when the ward came of age and took
charge of it. He died in 1891, leaving an infant son and the estate
heavily involved in debt. It is now again under control of the Court
of Wards, and the young Nawab is being educated at the Aitchison
College, Lahore. The gross income of the estate, which is the finest
in the Punjab, is now Rs. 3,80,000. It owes its prosperity mainly to
the Grey Canals.
Mamdot Village.-Village in Ferozepore District, Punjab, and
former capital of a State, situated in 30 53' N. and 74° 26' E., on the
open plain, about z miles south of the Sutlej. Population (igoi),
2,631. The walls rise to a height of 50 feet, and have a rectangular
form, with a round tower at each corner and in the middle of each
face. More than two-thirds of the fort was carried away in 1877-8 by
the Sutlej, and a branch of that river now flows under the walls of the
remainder. Anciently known as Mubammadot, it formed the centre
of an ildka, which became depopulated during the Mughal period and
was occupied by the Dogars about 1750. Shortly afterwards, the
Dogars made themselves independent, but were reduced to subjec-
tion by Sardar Subha Singh, a Sikh chieftain. With the assistance of
the Rai of Raikot, they expelled the Sikhs; but the Rai made him-
self supreme at Mamdot, and the Dogars then revolted with the aid of
Nizām-ud-din and Kutb-ud-din of Kasur. Nizām-ud-din was murdered
by his three brothers-in-law, whom he had ousted from their jzgirs.
Kutb-ud-din eventually submitted to Ranjit Singh, relinquishing Kasur,
but retaining Mamdot in jigzr subject to the service of ioo horse.
Nizām-ud-din's son received a corresponding fiigir in Gogaira, but laid
claim to Mamdot. With the Dogars' aid he expelled Kutb-ud-din, but
was finally recalled by the Maharaja, who confirmed Jamal-ud-din, son
of Kutb-ud-din, in the succession. Jamal-ud-din sided openly with the
Sikhs in 1845, but rendered certain services towards the close of the
campaign to the British Government, which requited him by maintain-
ing him in possession of Mamdot as a protected chief with the title
of Nawab. Jamal-ud-din, however, was guilty of serious misgovern-
ment, and the Dogars especially, having incurred his resentment,
suffered grave oppression. The British Government therefore, after
an inquiry, deposed him in 1855, and annexed his territory. His
estates were in 1864 conferred on his brother Jalal-ud-din, to the exclu-
sion of his sons. The present Nawab, Ghulam Kutb-ud-din, who
succeeded in 1891, is the grandson of Jalal-ud-din.
Mān.-Taluka of Satara District, Bombay, lying between 17° 27'
and 170 56' N. and 74° i7' and 74° 53' E., with an area of 629 square
miles. It contains one town, MHASVnn (population, 7,014), and
76 villages. The head-quarters are at Dahivadi. The population
in igoi was 64,889, compared with 62,857 in i89i. It is the most
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