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 96 JAI Ali Khan of this town was the Qúzi-ul-quzzát in Allahabad. His de- scendants now live near Mirzapur. Of old architectural remains there is a large mosque, the Jáma Masjid, crowning the hill. It is narrated that at this place there stood a Bhar ten- ple which, on their being expelled, was destroyed, and this mosque erected on its site. Some sepulchres are found in the town eight or nine yards in length; they are attributed to the followers of Imád-ud-din Khilji who were slain here. Amongst these tombs there is one of Qutb-ud-dín, called "Qutb-ud-dín Gházi,” nine yards in length. Below the town stands also the tomb of Imád-ud-dín Khilji. There is also the dargáh of Sayyad Mukhdúm Ashraf Jahángír, whose tomb stands in Kachhauchha. It is said that this Sayyad Mukhdúm Ashraf Jahangir was a king of Saimnán, who left his kingdom, turned dervish, and shut himself up in a cell for 40 days (chilla khincha thá) at this place. A fair is held here annually in February, to which men supposed to be possessed of demons or evil spirits are brought. According to the census of 1869 the population amounts to 11,317, of whom 5,258 are males; the females are 6,059. It is singular that no Chhattri is to be found in this place. Shekhs predominate. There are 508 brick-built houses and 2,471 mud-built huts. There is no Hindu temple. There is one temple of Párasnáth, erected by Jaskarandás of the Jain religion. There are two large mosques and one imámbára: one of these mosques was built in 1244 A.H. by Ghulam Raza at the cost of Rs. 15,000, and the other, the Jáma Masjid, was erected when the Muham- madans got possession of the place. The Imámbára was erected by Sadiq Ali Shah, Kumedán in 1211 A.H. at the cost of Rs. 12,500. This is a handsome building, ornamented with texts of the Koran, which are engraved all over the roof and walls in large letters. There is a Government school here in which English and Urdu are taught. Formerly salt was extracted here, and saltpetre is still manufactured. Two years ago a mud-built saráe was erected by Abdul Ghafúr, lambardar of Muhalla Shekhána. There are three markets here-one called the purána-bazar, the other built by Munshi Ghulám Hasan, sarishtadár of the Resident, in Lucknow in 1234, and the third erected by Abdul Ghafúr, lambardar of Shekhána. The principal articles offered for sale are corn, vegetables, gur, gárha cloth and muslin manufactured in Jáis, and also some English cloths. The only export from this town is the cloth woven in it. The annual sales in this town are as follows: Value. Rs. Corn Sugar and gur Salt Cotton English cloth Quantity. Mds. 80,000 200 400 600 Rate per nd, Rs. 2 Various Rs. 5 Rg. 20 60,000 1,463 2,000 10,000 7,000 eta 80,463