Jaund

Jaund appears in historical writing as Chaund, a pargana in the country of Shahabad in Bihar. A study of Mughal geography identifies its name with Chand and places its area within the later pargana of Chainpur. In the early sixteenth century, Muhammad Khan Sur held Chaund and became involved in the family disputes of Farid, the future Sher Shah. After Farid obtained recognition of his inheritance, his half-brother Sulaiman sought refuge with Muhammad Khan, who proposed dividing the family assignment. Farid resisted surrendering its administration. The episode places Chaund within a network of Afghan chiefs, revenue assignments and competing family interests before the establishment of Sher Shah’s empire.