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The capital of the province, Sira town, too, prospered most under
Dilavar Khan and expanded in size to accommodate 50,000 homes. Palaces and public monuments of Sira became models for other edifices. Both Haidar Ali's palace in Bangalore and Tipu Sultan's in Seringapatam were modeled after Dilavar
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may have been designed after Sira's Khan Bagh gardens and Sira fort respectively. Sira's civil servants, however, could not be as readily reproduced: after Tipu Sultan had succeeded his father as Sultan of Mysore in 1782, he deported 12,000 families, mainly of city officials, from Sira to Shahr
665:-speaking horsemen from the northern Bijapur realms for their newly formed cavalry units; consequently, they resorted to hiring Maratha accountants for the benefit of these cavalrymen. After the province of Sira was created, the official language of the
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who came after him lasted only a year or two, and the frequent changes at the helm continued until the appointment of
Dilavar Khan in 1726, whose term, which lasted until 1756, finally brought some stability to the province.
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in the province, captured Sira, and soon conferred on himself the title of "Nawab of Sira." However, the defection of his brother, a military governor, in 1766 caused the province to be lost again to the
Marathas. In 1767,
403:(governor) of the province in 1686. After successfully "regulating and improving" the province for eight years, he died in 1694 under mysterious circumstances, either during an assault by
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entered the official regulations in the village record-books and also explained decrees and regulations to the village governing officers and residents. Lastly, the
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of Sira during 1714–1715, who too retained it for a mere year. It was then "attached to the government of Sira" for 49 years until it was seized by the
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provincial government) management, several types of officers collected and managed revenue. Most offices had existed in the region under the previous
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Mughal province of Sira shown in a map of South India at the time of the Anglo-French Wars in the
Carnatic, 1746ā1760
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In 1757, Sira was overrun by the
Marathas, only to be restored to the Mughals again in 1759. Two years later,
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Different towns and regions fared differently during the eventful seventy-year history of the province. In
801:. This was first gifted to a general named A. H. Khuli Khan, who, however, died shortly thereafter. The
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300,000. The rest of the district was divided in the following fashion: the north was made a part of
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There are Mughal-era buildings that still stand in the town. Among them are the Juma Masjid in Sira.
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and script into the "public accounts." The new language found its way even into lands ruled by some
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came to wield authority in the region and brought in with them various officials who introduced the
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raiders, or by his own hand in disgrace after the raiders seized a treasure in his care. Most
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were considered by the
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Qasim Khan (also, Khasim Khan or Kasim Khan) was appointed the first
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in 1687) and lasted until 1757. The province, which comprised the
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791:(district), and the remainder, which included the town of
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verified the account-books of the village registrars (or
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The Mughal-era Juma Masjid in Sira Town, as seen in 2007
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Imperial
Gazetteer of India: Provincial Series (1908),
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the assessment and payment of tax) and promulgated it.
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of Hyderabad, and eventually captured by Haidar Ali.
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Khan's palace in Sira. Moreover, according to the (
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832:History of Mysore and Coorg, 1565–1760
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1094:States and territories established in 1687
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661:chiefs. These chieftains had brought in
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64:Alam flag of the Mughal Empire
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535:Tahir Muhammad Khan
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1069:Rice, Lewis
1055:Rice, Lewis
720:as well as
703:gardens in
691:gardens in
451:Ghalib Khan
384:Tipu Sultan
360:Madhavrao I
322:After the
308:Chitaldroog
274:, Budihal,
272:Basavapatna
238:South India
154:Preceded by
96:Legislature
49:1687 - 1766
39:Subdivision
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1037:References
1027:Rice 1897b
1006:Rice 1897a
985:Rice 1897a
951:Rice 1897b
939:Rice 1897b
914:Rice 1897a
750:Haidar Ali
697:Haidar Ali
651:chieftains
629:MajmÅ«ndÄrs
625:KÄnungoyas
617:DeshpÄndes
605:KÄnungoyas
601:MajmÅ«ndÄrs
597:DeshpÄndes
459:Atish Khan
445:Qasim Khan
347:Haidar Ali
1071:(1897b),
1057:(1897a),
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701:Khan Bagh
693:Bangalore
543:Amin Khan
515:Daud Khan
479:Abid Khan
424:Subahdars
409:subahdars
376:Madhugiri
368:Hyder Ali
364:Hyder Ali
280:Penukonda
242:Aurangzeb
821:See also
811:subahdar
748:, where
742:aquatint
718:Lal Bagh
688:Lal Bagh
609:Deshmūks
593:Deshmūks
426:of Sira
400:Subahdar
332:parganas
300:Anegundi
267:parganas
250:Golkonda
228:, was a
807:pagodas
754:faujdar
740:A 1794
671:Persian
663:Marathi
648:Maratha
644:Kannada
623:); the
621:kÄrnÄms
615:); the
607:. The
405:Maratha
351:Faujdar
318:History
288:Hoskote
246:Bijapur
81:Capital
33:of Sira
774:adiyar
613:patels
603:, and
581:SarkÄr
324:Mughal
312:Mysore
304:Bednur
244:(like
843:Notes
803:jagir
798:jagir
788:taluk
786:Sira
756:) of
746:Kolar
640:taluq
577:amÄni
353:) of
336:subah
330:, 12
292:Kolar
230:subah
214:India
31:Subah
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705:Sira
685:The
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132:1766
122:1687
85:Sira
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