Note 47 — Chapter III · MUGHAL VICEROYS. a.d. 1573–1758.

Abdúl Hamíd Khán was now chosen governor of Sorath in place of Abheysingh, and Momín Khán was appointed from Dehli, governor of Surat, and was at the same time placed in charge of Baroda, Broach, Dholka, Petlád, and Naḍiád. Dáud Khán the viceroy now went into Káthiáváḍa and Navánagar to collect tribute, and on his return to Áhmedábád, married the daughter of the chief of Halvad in the Chapter III. Mughal Viceroys. Farrukhsiyar Emperor 1713–1719. Dáud Khán Panni Forty-sixth Viceroy, 1714–15. Jháláváḍa sub-division of Káthiáváḍa. It is related that this lady, who was with child, on hearing of Dáud Khán’s death cut open her womb and saved the child at the sacrifice of her own life.47 Dáud Khán, though an excellent soldier and strict disciplinarian failed to distinguish himself as a civil administrator. He introduced Dakhani pandits into official posts, who levied a fee called chithyáman from landholders and took taxes from the holdings of Sayads and otherwise made themselves unpopular.