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— Uttar-Kosala, the kingdom of Lava son of Earn — Srilvasti, his capital -Description of the ruins of Sravasti — The (Jharda fortress-city — Uttar-Kosala, the cradle of Buddhism — Hian's account of Sravasti— The decline of Buddhism and of Sravasti — Other Buddhist remains — The Bhars and Bhar remains — Their origin — No traces of them in the existing population —The period of their rule and of the Tharu dynasty of Gonda — Sayyad Salar's birth and youth — He invades Hindustan — The religious raid of Sayyad Salar— The " Mira-at-i-Masaudi" — He reaches Satrikh — A detachment sent against Bahraich — The north and south confederacy— Sayyad Salar arrives in Bahraich — The battles on the Kosdla and final defeat of Sayyad Salar — This invasion connected with the expedition of Ahmad Nialtagin — Points of coincidence in the two invasions — Explanation of Barhaqi's silence regarding Salar Masaud —No permanent hold obtained on the country — Nasir-ud-din overthrows the Bhars —The Ansaris of Hisampur — Nasir-ud-din, brother and made Governor of Bahraich — Shams-ud-din Bahraichi namesake of the Bhar destroyer, Bahraich a separate Government from Oudh at this time — The aspect of country in 1250 A.D.— Dugaon— The district from 1250 to 1340 A.D. —Muhammad Tughlaq's visitto Bahraich — The sketch continued by estates — The Sayyads of Jarwal, their origin and early history Ghayas-ud-din bestows a muafi grant of 25,000 bighas on Jamal-ud-din in Jarauli — Date of this settlement — Firoz Shah's march through Bahraich — Bariar Sah his Risaldar — Kroz Shah's visit to the shrine of Sayyad Salar in 1374 A. D. — Bariar Sah establishes himself at Ikauna — The Eaikwars migrate from Kashmir and settle in Eamnagar— Saldeo brought to Bamhnanti —The Raikwars establish themselves in the west — The district at the end of the fifteenth century— Bahlol Lodi and his nephew the Black Mountain — Parganas JBUjhat, Sultanpur Kundri, and Dangdun — The legitimate inferences from these revenue statements with muhals of the " A'ln-i-Akbari" — Sarkar Bahraich— The modern parganas corresponding hold on the north was very weak — Eaja Harhardeo's grant — Evidence that the Muhammadan Harhardeo founds the Harharpur ilaqa —The separation of the Eahwa audChahlari ilaqa from Bamhnauti or Baundi— The Katha estate — The separation of the Balrampur branch — Maha and the Singh— The extent of his grant— The Charda, Gujiganj, and Bhinga Bahraich birts — The Gangwal branch — The northern parganas during this period— Salouabad His success clearing lease — Singh's — Madar Bakhsh Himmat of Naupara Nanpara — The progress in Nanpara— Munawwar Ali Khan — He marries the daughter of Mehndi Quii Sir J ames of the ranis — Outram's quarrels account disastrous — The The Luoknow — Khan parasites — The increasing prosperity of the estate — The fate of the Gujiganj ilaqa — The progress in the north not materially affected by the changes in the administration— The Sujauli (Dharmanpur) pargana— The acquisition of the Tarai parganas — The Naipal war and the cession of the Tarai — The grantees of the ceded lands— The suppression of the Banjaras, a result of the cession — The whole of the SujauU pargana thus thrown into the hands of the Jangre Thdkurs— The Charda ilaqa-^Itg condition at annexation —The MaUapur ilaqa — Ihe restoration of the Tarai parganas to Naipal in 1860 A. D.— The held by members of the Ikauna family— Afterwards transBhinga pargana— At ferred to the Bisen — The Bhinga ilaqa included in the Bahu Begam's jagir — Half the history — The of the southern parganas during the Nawabi— Raja estate confiscated Datt Singh of Gonda —Alawal Khan — Alawal Khan and his Afghans — Jagirs in Bahraich The system continued down to the time of Asif-ud-daula— The resumptions by Asif-ud-daula — No jagirs granted after the accession of Saadat Ali Khan— The taluqdars' five Nawabs — The Raikwars, an exception to that rule — The conposition under the tract system — The Piagpur estate — Its extension subsequent to the death of Saadat Ali ji^han Number of khalsa villages in 1815 A. D. — Bahraich khalsa— Fakhrpur khalsa His&mpur khalsa— Meaning of the word " khalsa" — Hakim Mehndi — Hadi Ali Khan commences the incorporation of the khalsa lands in the taluqdars' estate — The extent of the absorption —The Jarwal estates their ruin— Mir Hadi Ali Khan's administration— Darshau gingh RaghubarDayal— Captain Orr's description of the district afterthe two years' adminia-

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tration of Raghubar Dayal— The district has not yet recovered from the effects—The estates which suffered most Colonel Sleemau's notes— Comparison of the revenue before and after Raghubar Dayal's administration Subsequent nazims— Oudh is annexed— The Bahraich staff of officers— Their work— The results of summary settlement of 1856 in the taluqdari estates Ihe rebel taluqdars Confiscations Conclusion.

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