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 370 LUC Khurshaid Manzil, the Chaupar Stables, and Sikandar Bagh, within the walls of which such signal retribution befell the 2,000 of the rebel troops at the hands of Sir Colin Campbell's force in November of 1857, and on west side of the city, the Saádatganj, which he ordered should be the only market-place of the city. The Farhat Bakhsh (or giver of delight) was the royal palace from the time of Saádat Ali Khan till Wajid Ali built the Qaisar Bágh. That part of it which overlooks the river was built by General Martin, and sold by him to the Nawab Wazír. The rest of the building, and the great throne-room itself, was built by Saadat Ali Khan. This throne- room, known by the names of the Qasr-us-Sultán, or the Lál Bárah- dari, was set apart for royal darbárs ; and at the accession of a new king it was the custom for the resident to seat him on the throne, and then to present a nazar to him, in token that the British authority confirmed his assumption of the government. It was in this room that the attempt on the throne by the Badshah Begam and Munna Ján took place, which is recorded by Sir W. Sleeman in the second volume of his journey through Oudh, and it was in pursuance of this custom that the insurgents attempted to force the Resident, Colonel Low, to present an offering to Munna Ján as he sat on the throne, thinking thus to confirm the usurper's authority. The other Ganjs built in his time were Rakabganj, Jangliganj, and Maqbúlganj in Ganeshganj to the west of the city; Goláganj and Molvi. ganj in the Wazírganj thána, and the Rastogi Muhalla in the chauk. Gházi-ud-din Haidar, son of Saádat Ali Khan (A.D. 1814), the first king, built the Moti Mahal palace, the Chini Bazar, the Shah Najaf on the banks of the river, in which he ordered his remains to be laid, the Chhatar Manzil Kalád, which faces the river and the Chhatar Manzil Khurd (the lesser), which lies behind it. Round the latter also he built the Darshanbilás and Chaulakkhí houses, the present Civil Court and Chief Engineer's Office. Between the great quadrangle of the Qaisar Bágh and the Chíni Bazar stand the two tombs of Saídat Ali Khan (called after his death Jannat Arámgah) and of his wife Murshidzádi. Both these tombs were built after their death by their son Gházi-ud-din Haidar, who thereby displayed a very uncommon amount of filial affection. The spot on which Šaádat Ali's tonib now stands was formerly occupied by a house in which Gházi- ud-dín Haidar lived during his father's reign ; and it is reported that when he came to the throne and occupied Sasulat Ali's palace, fully appreciating the change in their respective situations, he remarked that as he had now taken his father's house, it was but fair that he should give up his own to his father. Accordingly he gave orders to destroy his former abode, and raise on the site a tomb to Saadat Ali Khan, The pile of buildings known by the name of Moti Mahal includes three separately named and distinct buildings. The Moti Mahal, properly so called, was built by Saádat Ali Khan, and forms the northern part of the enclosure. It owes its name to the fancied resemblance of a dome in it