Thalner
This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts.Many units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Thalner
Village in the Shirpur taluka of West Khandesh District, Bombay, situated in 21° 15' N. and 74° 58' E., on the Tapti river, 28 miles north-east of Dhulia. Population (1901), 317. According to an old grant, Thalner was in the possession of the Gaulis or Ahirs in 1128. Late in the fourteenth century (1370-99) Malik Raja Faruki chose it as his head-quarters. In 1498 it was invested by Mahmud Begara of Gujarat, and by him it was granted to one of his courtiers. At Thalner the Khandesh king, Miran Muhammad Khan, was defeated by Changez Khan of Gujarat in 1566. It passed to the Mughals in 1600. In 1750 the Peshwa received the fort; and after having been held by Holkar for some years, it was captured in 181 8 by the British. The capture of Thalner was preceded by severe fighting, an active resistance being offered to Sir Thomas Hislop, who came to take possession. In storming the fort Major McGregor of the Royal Scots and Captain Gordon were killed. Their tombs are at Thalner. There are ten Muhammadan tombs of some little interest. The inscriptions are undecipherable, but they would seem to show that the tombs are of Faruki kings, of whom four — Malik Raja (1399), Malik Nasir (1437), Miran Adil Khan (1441), and Miran Mubarak Khan — were buried at Thalner. The village contains a boys' school with 137 pupils.
