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Rh The Bálakganj and the Kashmiri Muhalla, which are in the Saádatganj thána.

The Aháta Súrat Singh.

The Niwázganj.

The Tahsinganj.

The Khudáganj of Nagaria, which was founded by the mother of Asif- ud-daula in the same day on which she laid the first stone of Aliganj, on the north side of the river,

The Ambarganj.

The Mahbubganj.

The Top Darwaza, in the Daulatganj thána.

The Khayáliganj.

The bazár Jhaúlál, in Wazirganj, founded by Mahárája Jháulál, Káyath; finance minister.

Hasanganj was also founded by Hasan Raza Khan on the north side of the river.

The people are never tired of talking of the liberality of Asif-ud-daula and his munificence. His name is first on the lips of the Banián, and as he takes his seat in his shop in the morning, he is wont to repeat a distich, somewhat profane, in his honour—

The following building though constructed by a private individual deserves mention. The Martiniere, also known by the name of Constantia, was built by General Claude Martin. He designed the plan and elevation of it, and showed them to Asif-ud-daula who expressed a desire to buy it, and offered to give a million sterling for it. His death, however, broke off the bargain, and General Martin himself died before it was finished, and directed that it should be completed out of the funds he left to endow a school there. He ordered his body to be buried in it as a precaution to prevent any future ruler from confiscating it. During the rebellion the mutineers dug up his tomb and scattered his bones, some of which however have since been restored to their original resting place. This building now contains a school at which 120 boys are clothed and educated.

Saádat Ali Kban, half brother to Asif-ud-daula (1798), took to building palaces and embellishing the city. He bought the Farhat Bakhsh, which is opposite the river next to the Chhatar Manzil, from General Martin for Rs. 50,000, and built the Terhi Kothi under the Residency, and the Lál Bárahdari, and the Dilárám opposite to the Chhatar Manzil, and the Dilkusha palace, which stands on some high land outside the city to the north of the present cantonments, and from which a fine view of the city, the river, and the surrounding plain may be had; and the Hayát Bakhsh (Banks' bungalow), occupied before the mutiny by Major Banks, and now the residence of the Chief Commissioner, the Núr Bakhsh, the