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KANTI7R Town Pargana Bado SARAi—TahsU Fatehpur—District

— —Twenty-one miles north-east of

sadr, founded by Kintama, Bhar rSni, and was originally called Kuntapur. It is said that it was re-settled by Bikramajit. The principal inhabitants are Musalmans, holding small rent-free grants. The houses are mostly masonry, and the town healthy and well situated on an eminence. The total population is 3,450, of which 2,136 are Hindus and 1,314 Musalmans.

Baea Banki. or Kunta, a

KASMANDI KALXN— Par(/awaMALiHA?AD— T<x^st7 Malihabad—D^s-

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LxJCKNOW. This village is chiefly worthy of notice as the seat of the raja Kans, and his conquest by Sayyad Masaiid Ghazi, the leader 1031 A.D. It is situated of the first invasion into Oudh in 449 Hijri directly east of Malihabad at a distance of about four miles, and one mile from the river Gumti, which flows on its east. The extent of Raja Kans's dominions is unknown, but it is said to have reached to Kasmandi Khurd on the north-west, and the village Kaithauli on the east. Raja Kans was slain, and the battle must have been flerce, for outside are numerous tombs of the fallen, and two especially are pointed out as the tombs of Sayyads Hashim and Qasim. At Kaithauli was another fight, and the village is said to owe its name to the fact. There is a small mound of fallen bricks that is to be seen there still, which is pointed out as the " ran-khambba," or the battle pillar. The village is Muhammadan, and the proprietor is said to be directly descended from the settlers left by Masaiid Ghazi, trict

Hindu

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The population is 1,990, of which 818 are Musalmans and 1,172 Hindus. It has been the favourite residence of Muhammadans, some of whom have been distinguished for their learning and wealth, but these are not connected with the zamindars. There are one or two good houses, but none with any pret^ensions to grandeur. There is a government school established, with an attendance of 50 pupils, and a girls' school is afiiliated with 15 girls on its registers. One of the district post-offices has also been fixed here. It is no place of trade, but a small bazar is held here for the sale of country produce, at which the annual sales are said not to amount to more than Rs. 13,000.

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Pargana Tahsil Muhamdi District Khehi. The pargana contains a total malguzari area of 52,987 acres or 8279 square miles, with a population of 329 to the square mile. The detail of area is as follows :— Acres. Cultivation CuLturable

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Uncultarable and unasaessed

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(or 49 51 („ 47,466 6,521

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62,987

23,236 24,230

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Total

per cent.)

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The

area, including forest grants, is 95 square miles, of which 39 are cultivated. In the unassessed area are included revenue-free holdings

608, and groves 1,317 acres. The number of adult agriculturists is 10,149 and of ploughs 3,514, being 2-89 adults to each plough and 6-61 acres of cultivation to each plough 31 per cent, of the cultivated area is irrigated

from soil

but chiefly from wells and tanks. Taken as a whole the of the pargana is loam ; a little clay is found in the lower levels all sources,