---

Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 21, p. 390.

390 SAKESAR i866,'the average temperature was 75°, or one degree 1es's than summer heat in England. The climate of Sakesar, and indeed of the whole of the higher parts of the Silt Range,' is believed to be well adapted for Europeans, arid very favourable in cases of dysentery' arid plithisis, which, as a rule, do not derive any benefit from the 'Himalayah sanitaria. The great drawback to Sakesar is the scarcity of good drinking-water. There are, however, many places in the neighbourhood where excellent water is procurable; and, by having'recourse to tanks, ,a 'sufficiency of water could be stored for a considerable number of :people,' Sa;kher ..-Town n the Baroda grant, Baroda State: See SAN- KHEDA'. Sakhi Sarwar.-Famous Muhammadan shrine in the District and tahsil of Dera Ghaii Khan, Punjab, situated in ,29° 59'N. and 7o* i$'E. The shrine, which dates from about i:3oo, crowns the high bank of a hill stream, at the foot of the Sulai_man Hills, in the midst of arid desert `scenery, well adapted for the residence of those who' desire to mortify the flesh. It was founded in honour of Saidi Ahmad; afterwards known as Sakhi Sarwar, the''son of.an'immigrant from Baghdad, who settled at Sialkot, iz miles east of Multan, in rago. Saidi Ahmad became a devotee, and, having performed a very remarkable series of miracles, was presented by the king of Delhi with four mule-loads of money, with which the Sakhi Sarwar shrine was erected. A handsome flight of steps leads from the bed of the stream to the building, constructed at- the expense of two Hindu merchants of Lahore. The buildings include the mausoleum of Sakhi: Sarwar himself; a monument to Baba Nanak ; the tomb of Musammat Bibi Bai, wife of Sakhi Sarwar ; and '`a thdkurdwkra. They thus comprise a curious mixture of Hindu and Muhammadan architecture, and are frequented by devotees of, all religions. The guardians of the' shrine are the descendants of SAW Sarwar's three servants, among whom the revenues accruing from the offerings are divided in 4,650 shares, the descendants of one' s*OrVa'nt receiving 750 shares, of another 6oo shares, and of the third 30©,shar`es: Throughout the year the shrine forms the resort of numerous mend = cants, Hindu and Muhammadan: Sakkarepatna.-Town in the Kadur tuluh of Kadur District, lVlysore, situated in r3°, 26' N. and „75o 55'=x., rr miles- "south-west of Kaddr railway station. Population:(rg0r), ,,884.. This' is said to ,have been in old times'the capital of Rukmangada,„a king mentioned in.'the -Mahabhkrata. It'coiitains a monument to Honbilla, who was sacrificed to secure the stability of the Ayyankere reservoir, and also 'a, great gun, and an irrirnense slab of stone, about rz' feet square and `several inches thick, ^supported on four pillais:_ The Jast is: called V ra Ballala Chauki, and is.':said- to have been the royal` seat . of justice;