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 LUC 371 (now destroyed) to the curve of a pearl. Along the river face Cházi-ud- díu Haidar built the Mubárak Manzil and the Shah Manzil, the latter being close to the former bridge of boats, the former east of it. The Shah Mauzil was the scene of the celebrated wild beast fights. The smaller animals were put to fight inside the enclosure of the Shah Manzil, and the combats between tigers, &c., also took place there; strong cages and a safe arena having been provided. But the fights between elephants and rhino- ceroses, which required to be viewed at a safe distance, took place across the Gumti on the level ground in front of the Hazári Bágh, the king and the court watching them from the verandah of the Shah Manzil. This king also laid out the Valáeti Bágh in honour of a foreign wife. The Qadam Rasúl, or prophet's foot print, is a Muhammadan place of worship, built by Gházi-ud-din Haidar on a mound artificially raised. It contained a stone bearing the impress of the foot of the prophet brought from Arabia bý a pilgrim. During the rebellion the holy stone was car- ried off, but the author of the sacrilege is not known. Bádshábganj, on the north-side of the river, opposite the Machchhi Bha- wan, was founded by him on his attaining to the dignity of sovereign, con- ferred on him by the British Government, and he dug the canal which skirts the east and south of the city. The canal then leaves the city for the district: it was originally intended for irrigation but has failed. The following muhallas were also built in his reign :--Mehndiganj in the Saadatganj thána, the Deorhi Agha Mír in Wazirganj (founded by his favourite minister Agha Mír). Agha Mír or Motamad-ud-daula built the handsome saráe known as Agha Mír's, to the south of the Chauk thána on tlle east side of the Victoria road, and the Karbala near the Wingfield Park. Nasír-ud-dín Haidar, son of the last monarch (A.D. 1827), built the great karbala in Irádatnagar, in which he lies buried, and founded Ganesh- ganj and Chándganj on the north side of the river. The Táráwáli Kothi, or Observatory, was built by Nasír-ud-dín Haidar under the superintendence of Colonel Wilcox, the Astronomer Royal, and was provided with very excellent instruments. The Colonel died in 1847, and Wajid Ali Shah dismissed the establishment. The astronomical instruments were carefully put by, but disappeared in the rebellion, and were probably broken up by the rebels. "The Fyzabad Moulvi, Ahmad ulla Shah (known as Danka Shah, from his always having a drum beaten before him when he went out) made it his headquarters during the rebellion, and the rebel parliament used frequently to hold its meet- The space in front of the Tárawáli Kothi, between it and the Qaisar Bágh, is fraught with melancholy and solemn recollections. In this spot two separate parties of Europeans, one consisting of those sent in by the Dhaurahra Rája (Miss Jackson, Mrs. Green, Mrs. Rogers, Mr. Carew, Mr. J. Sulivan, on the 24th September, 1857), with the addition of some persons captured in the town, deserters from the Bailey-guard, and the ings here.