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HISTOR Y OF THE PARSIS.
[chap. r.
Dhanjisha Beheremandklian left two sons, Phi-
rozsha and Ardeshir. They also greatly distinguished
themselves in the service of the British Government,
and no history of Surat would be complete without a
short account of their distinguished careers.
Phirozsha attained to a high position in the British
judicial service by the zealous and efficient discharge
of his public duties. Commencing life as a clerk in
the local chief court of justice under Mr. Crow, he was
appointed in succession to the posts of "mamlatdar,"
of native political agent for the Bombay Government
in Bansda, Dharampor, and other' districts, of prin-
cipal Sadar Amin of Surat, and finally to that of
or bar Lis departure till the arrival of four companies of infantry.
Captain Cunningham, who commanded the infantry, Dhanjisha
Beheremandklian, a vakil of the Eaja of Mandvi, and four scouts
attended them.
" The dragoons arrived about daylight at Bodhan. Dhanjisha was
among the first over the river and endeavoured to prevail on the fakir
to surrender himself, but was killed in the attempt, with the raja's
vakil and some others near him.
" A furious engagement ensued betwixt the people and troops, in
which the former had recourse to every species of sorcery and madness,
and left nearly two hundred dead on the field. The cavalry lost a
corporal and two privates, and several horses, and saw the town in
flames when they came away. Shortly after their departure the
infantry, under Captain Cunningham, renewed the attack to the destruc-
tion of many more, and amongst them the fanatic himself, Abdul
Rehman, who had been wounded by the dragoons, and taken refuge
with several more in a blacksmith's hut. The raja had been two or
three days confined by him, but had made his escape the morning of the
attack, it was not known whither. The 56th regiment was ordered
on to Mandvi ; and the religious commotion was by the death of
Abdul Rehman totally allayed."
HISTOR Y OF THE PARSIS.
[chap. r.
Dhanjisha Beheremandklian left two sons, Phi-
rozsha and Ardeshir. They also greatly distinguished
themselves in the service of the British Government,
and no history of Surat would be complete without a
short account of their distinguished careers.
Phirozsha attained to a high position in the British
judicial service by the zealous and efficient discharge
of his public duties. Commencing life as a clerk in
the local chief court of justice under Mr. Crow, he was
appointed in succession to the posts of "mamlatdar,"
of native political agent for the Bombay Government
in Bansda, Dharampor, and other' districts, of prin-
cipal Sadar Amin of Surat, and finally to that of
or bar Lis departure till the arrival of four companies of infantry.
Captain Cunningham, who commanded the infantry, Dhanjisha
Beheremandklian, a vakil of the Eaja of Mandvi, and four scouts
attended them.
" The dragoons arrived about daylight at Bodhan. Dhanjisha was
among the first over the river and endeavoured to prevail on the fakir
to surrender himself, but was killed in the attempt, with the raja's
vakil and some others near him.
" A furious engagement ensued betwixt the people and troops, in
which the former had recourse to every species of sorcery and madness,
and left nearly two hundred dead on the field. The cavalry lost a
corporal and two privates, and several horses, and saw the town in
flames when they came away. Shortly after their departure the
infantry, under Captain Cunningham, renewed the attack to the destruc-
tion of many more, and amongst them the fanatic himself, Abdul
Rehman, who had been wounded by the dragoons, and taken refuge
with several more in a blacksmith's hut. The raja had been two or
three days confined by him, but had made his escape the morning of the
attack, it was not known whither. The 56th regiment was ordered
on to Mandvi ; and the religious commotion was by the death of
Abdul Rehman totally allayed."