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 446 MAN MANDIRON_Pargana LUCKNOW-Tahsil LUCKNOW-District LUCKNOW. -Mandiáon or Mariáon is situated on the Lucknow and Sitapur road, about 4 miles from the iron bridge, It was the site of the old canton- ments previous to the outbreaks of 1856-57. These were built by Saádat Ali Khan, sixth Nawab of Oudh, who kept stationed here three regiments of the Company's troops. The town is said to derive its name from Mandal Rikh, who here in the centre of a large forest performed his solitary devotions to Mahádea. It was after this occupied by the Bhars who were eventually driven out by Malik Adam one of Masaud's lieutenants, who led an expedition against it from Satrikh, Malik Adam was killed in battle, and was buried in what is now the Suhbatia Muhalla of Lucknow; an urs (festival) is held yearly in his honour, whence the name of the muhalla (suhbat). There is another tomb in the village raised to the memory of the Nau-gazá Pír, so called from his immense height. He was one of Malik Adam's com- panions, and fell in the same battle. A colony of Sayyads, the relics of this invasion, is said to have lived here, and to have held the village for 150 years, when they were killed to a man by an invasion led by Raja Singh, one of the Raksela Chauhans of Bhauli. This leader conferred the village half on Kayaths and half on Brahmans, servants of his own. These Brah. mans and Káyaths were subsequently made chaudhris and qanúngos of the pargana of Mandiáon, and hold shares in the village till the present day. The town then became the headquarters of the pargana of Mariáon: In the Ain-i-Akbari the pargana is called Mandigaon. It is now a place of no importance. It consists of 754 houses which are mostly of mud. The old cantonments have disappeared, with the exception of a gateway or two, and the gable end of the church which stands out amongst the crops. The population is 3,155, of which 731 are Musalmans, and the rest Hin- dus. There is a Government school attended by 41 pupils. MANGALSI Pargana* -Tahsil FYZABAD.-District FYZABAD.---The pargana of Mangalsi occupies the north-west corner of the district. Its northern boundary is the river Gogra, its southern is for the most part the Madha. On the west its boundary is the district boundary, in part there is a chain of marshes, in part a ravine, at the bottom of which in the rains runs a considerable stream. On the east the boundary line runs down from the cantonments of Fyzabad in a south-westerly direction to the Madha. It is perhaps the most fertile jand the best cultivated pargana of the district. It is further wellwooded, and the scenery though as a rule monotonous and tame, is often pretty. In shape it is long and narrow. Near its western ond a broad belt of sandy soil runs nearly across the pargana. This is as might be expected broadest towards the river, and the country there breaks intogreat swelling downs, which are an agreeable change in the prospect. Near the eastern end a ravine, which debouches on the Gogra, cuts far back into the pargana, and its sides are for a considerable distance sandy and bleak. With these exceptions the soil is generally admirable. By Mr. J. Woodburp, C.S., Assistent Commissioner,