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 472 MAN Severance of Karra and Mánikpur.--Hitherto it will have been observed that the gitaát of Karra and Mánikpur were one and the same, and that although divided by the river, these two towns formed in reality but one seat of government. Now, however, we find under Akbar's scheme of territorial distribution they are severed, and each becomes the capital of a distinct "Sarkár,"— Mánikpur containing fourteen muháls and Karra twelve. The government of a sarkár henceforward became entrusted to a faujdár, while the governor of a province or subah became known as sipáh sálór or viceroy, The last governor of Karra Mánikpur, under the oli regime, was Asaf Khan Harvi, who shortly after the final conquest of the Uzbaks, was removed by Akbar to the command of the fortress of Chittaur in Rajputána. Nawab Abdus Samad Khan Gardezi,...During the reign of Akbar, Nawab Abdus Samad Khan, Gardezi, of Manikpur, was appointed to the rank of mansabdar, and appears to have been an extremely wealthy and influential man. From documents bearing his seal and signature, it seems clear that his functions were important and his powers extensive. He built several palatial residencies in Mánikpur, and founded the village of Samadabad, now included within the limits of mauza Chaukápárpur, Some of the edifices which this personage erected were of such rare beauty, and the stones employed in the building of such magnificent carving, that Nawab Asif-ud-daula, nearly two centuries after, removed considerable portions of them to Lucknow, where they now grace the large imám- bára, The reign of the Emperor Jahangir.–We may pass over the entire reign of Jahangir, 1014 to 1037 Hijri (A.D. 1605 to 1627) as presenting no noticeable incidents in connection with the history of Manikpur. We may except the occasion of the pursuit by Shab Jabán of prince Parvez and Mahabat Khan in 1033 Hijri (A.D. 1624), when the latter, bearing of Shah Jahan's “ arrival and rapid progress in Bengal, put themselves in motion in the direction of Allahabad. Shah Jabán crossed the Ganges to meet them, but the people of the country, who were not inclined to enter on opposition to the emperor, refused to bring in supplies to his camp, or to assist in keeping up his communication by means of the boats on the Ganges. The discouragement and privations which were the consequence of this state of things, led to the desertion of the new levies which Shah Jahán had raised in Bengal; and when at last he came to an action with bis opponents, he was easily overpowered. His army dispersed, and himself constrained once more to seek refuge in the Deccan."* Shab Jahán on this occasion probably crossed from the Oudh bank not far from Mánikpur, at all events in the muhál. The subsequent reign of Shah Jahan also fur- nishes but little of interest. I find, however, from the "Badshdhndma," a chronicle of this reign, to the effect that four mansabdars were appointed in Manikpur by Shah Jabán- viz., Ráje Sayyad Abdul Qúdir Khan, also styled “Mir Adal," whose " mansab" was 2,000, and who entertained 2,000 sawars ; Diwán Sayyad Raza, whose mansab was 800, and who kept up 350 sawars; Sayyad Abdul Hamid Mánikpuri, mansab 500, entertained
 * Elphinstone's History of India, 5th Eda., page 666.