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of Kondavidu, granting him the Haveli 18 villages as Jagir. At the same time Nizam Ali's younger brother Basālat Jung became the Subedar of Adoni, and sent Musafar Jung to capture Kondaviti sarkar, he defeated the Nizam Ali Khan's Amins and captured the fort.
Certain Yatidaula Khān is stated to be the next Killedar and Jagirdar of the 18 Haveli villages and also the chief administrator of the three forts (Vinukonda, Bellamkonda and Kondavidu). Basalat Jung, the Nawab of Adoni deputed his minister Raja Balvant Indrajit Bahaddar to take charge of the three forts, appointing Saiyed Matulla khän as the Killedar. Subsequently the Sarkar of Kondavidu (including the other two forts) was ceded to the French. They appointed Petluri Ramayya as diwan of the Sarkar and administered the forts and the dependent region through the Jamindars. Again the fort of Kondavidu was taken over by Asamulla Khan Arab Saheb during whose governorship certain Taddis Khan Amin and Minister Divetan, (?) perhaps the collector from Arcot arranged the administration through the Jamindars. Then on behalf of Tippu Sultan, certain general named Mir Saheb from Gandikota invaded the fort with 6,000 cavalry, plundered the whole country and captured the Jamindars. But soon, certain Saiyed Futulla Khān Bahaddar was deputed from Golconda by Nizam Ali Kan Bahaddar as Amin of the three forts. He fought with Asamulla Khän, the then fauzdar of Basālat Jung, the Subedar of Adoni and the younger brother of Nizam Ali Khān who formerly took over the fort, and again took back the fort and ruled it for one year. Subsequently the fort was placed under the charge of certain Saif Jung on whose behalf Yakhra Khan became Amin of the Sarkar, having his seat of administration at Guntur and ruled the province for 7 years through the Jamindars.
In the year Sn. 1187 Fasli (A. D. 1777) Mahārāja Sri, the Company took over the charge of this Sarkar, and ruled it till 1199 Fasli (A. D. 1789) for three years. They divided the Sarkar into Taluks in A. D. 1790 and conducted the administration through the Taluk Jamindars. This village (of Kondavidu) was included in the Jamindari of Mänuri Narasannā Rao garu who ruled it till 1219 Fasli (A.D. 1809) for 20 years. His nephew, younger brother's son Venkat Krishna was ruling in 1221 Fasli (A. D. 1811), perhaps the date of the Kaifiyat of Kondavidu.
The details of the Kondavidu Sarkār under the successive governors of the Kutub Shāhis of Golkonda after A. D. 1618 are not found in these records.
Another land mark in the political history of the Sarkar is the change of its administrative set up in A.D. 1711, i.e. subsequent to the fall of Kutub Shahis and the occupation of the country by the Mogalayis and the succession of the Asafjahis. The Sarkar of Kondavidu was divided into three parts and allotted to the Jamindars of the families
