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 280 SAD-SAF SADULLAHNAGAR--Pargana SADULLAHNAGAR--Tahsil UTRAULA- District GONDA.This village of 706 inhabitants is 28 miles north-east of Gonda, 64 from Bahramghat, and 40 from the hills. The climate is damp, but there is no malady peculiar to the place. Water is sweet, and is met with at 18 feet from the surface. It was founded in 1193 fasli (A.D. 1786) by Rája Sadullah Khan of the Utraula family. It gives its name to the pargana. SAFDARGANJ--Pargana PARTABGANJ——Tahsil NAWABGANJ--District BARA BANKI.-Ten miles east of the civil station has a thána, a barrack, and a masonry bridge over the Kalyani, built by Shujá-ud-daula. At this place there is a railway station. SAFIPUR Pargana-Tahsil SAFIPUR District UNAO-—This pargana is bounded on the north by the river Sai, which separates it from the pargana (Sandíla) of the Hardoi district, on the east by Asíwan Rasúlabad, on the south by Pariar, and on the west hy Fatehpur of the Unao district. It is 16 miles long and 16 broad. Its area is 132 square miles or 84,530 acres, divided into 137 townships. The soil is chiefly loam and clay. The staple crop is barley. The pargana is well wooded; some 4,408 acres being under groves. Black buck and níl-gáe are occasionally met with. Saline earth is to be found in considerable quantity throughout the pargana. Water is found at 30 feet. There are six bazars, and four fairs held during the year; the largest being held at Patti Amaura in September where some 15,000 persons congregate; the fair lasts three days. The other fairs are two at Safipur and one at Siah (in honour of Sayyad Sálár). The Government revenue amounts to Rs. 1,08,368, and falls at Re. 1-4-5 per acre. The tenure is as follows : Talu dari Zamindari 36,181 acres Pukhtadari Bhayyachára 5,581 Pattidari 37,168 Government villages 1,168 The population amounts to 72,319. The cultivators of the soil are of all castes, and are said to be poor and involved in debt. The first mention of the pargana is made in the Aín-i-Akbari. Before the conquest of the country by the Moslems, the Bhars, Káyaths, Abírs, Lodhs, and Lunias were the proprietors, but they gave way to the Chauháns of Mainpuri, the Gautams, the Raikwárs, the Janwárs, and the Mubammadans. For the origin of the name see Safipur town. Tradition connects this pargana with the events recorded in the Rámáyan, when it relates that the country now known as parganas Pariar, Harha, and Safipur was the scene of the battle of Rája Rám Chandar with his sons Lava and Kus. The lake Mahna is shown as exhibiting proof in its still containing the stone arrows * that were used then by the contest- ing parties. On the bank of this lake there is a temple in honour of Sri Someswar Mahadeo, built just after the event abovementioned. Of the Hindu places of antiquity two only need mention; the temple of Rám Swami Mahadeo, in the village of Vakarma, and of Debi at Baliráj Atáha. For the Muhammadan tombs and shrines see Safipur town, where they are principally situated. . . 4,249 acres 240 «D 19 22.
 * See Pariar.