THE HISTORY OF KATHIAWAD Wakhatsinhji Gohel gave him four villages for his main- tenance. Mangalji, son of Govindji (who had died in A.D. 1790), sought service under Rana Sultanji, whence he afterwards went to Nawanagar in command of a regiment of cavalry. The Nawab now exacted a large fine from the Nagar Brahmans of Junagadh, and a Bania named Kalian Sheth with Madhavrai Khushalrai, a Nagar of Gujarat, were appointed joint Dewans. But these two soon quarrelled, and Madhavrai, after escaping from Junagadh by digging a passage under the Western wall of the town, seized Wanthali. The Nawab proceeded to Wanthali, and called upon Raghunathji to help him to recover the fort. Raghu- nathji, who was in Nawanagar at the time, sent Ranchodji to represent him, and on his arrival Madhavrai surren- dered. Ranchodji returned to Nawanagar, while Madha- vrai went to Gondal and thence to Baroda, where Mahadji Sindhia procured him an appointment as Vakil at the Moghal Court at Delhi. Amin Saheb, the son of Hamed Sindhi, who had been killed near Junagadh in A.D. 1792, now asked permission to take a Maratha army against the Nawab, and to revenge his father's death* This permission was given, and in AJD. 1798 the Maratha army advanced against Majewadi, seven miles from Junagadh, and captured the fort. Amin Saheb now demanded tribute from Junagadh to the extent of three times the usual amount, and until this was paid he refused to withdraw. The result of paying out this large amount of money was that Kalian Sheth, Dewan of Junagadh, had nothing left at his disposal for paying his troops. He therefore decided to capture Dhandhalpur from the Kathi Godad Khawad, and in this way raise the necessary money* But the Kathis withstood him manfully, and after a siege lasting two months he was forced to retire to Junagadh. 162