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 SAL 287 This town was founded by Shekh Salím, son of Shekh Abul Hasan Sunni, the descendant of Shekh Abul Hasan, Ansári, who drove out the Amethia Rajputs from the old pargana town Amethi Dingur. It was founded probably in the time of Akbar, for the family is said to have held a farmán appointing Shekh Salím the chaudbri of the pargana. The town is picturesquely situated in some broken and high ground overlook- ing the Gumti river, and the approach to it lies over a ravine spanned by a long bridge built since the establishment of the present Government, two or three scattered mosques, and the taluqdar's house in the distance, built with some attempt at magnificence, add to the picturesqueness of the scene. But the country is otherwise wild looking and scantily wooded. The population is 2,365 and chiefly Hindu and agricultural and labour- ing. Very little trade is carried on, and the annual sales in the bazars do not amount to more than Rs. 3,700. A small Government vernacular school is maintained at which some 30 pupils attend. The population gives a somewhat illusory idea of the size of the place, for it includes that of some hamlets that have been included within the village boundary. SALON Pargana,Tahsil SALON-District RAE BARELI- This large pargana was forinerly in the Partabgarh district, but is now in that of Rae Bareli; it extends from the Ganges to the south, and is bounded on the north by Parshádepur. Its area is 226 square miles, of which 110 are cul- tivated; its population is 120,545 or 533 to the square mile. Of these 12,252 are Brahmans, 6,137 are Chhattris, 15,940 are Ahírs, 9,554 Pásis, 12,150 Chamárs, 12,118 Kurmis, 10,915 are Musalmans. Of the Chhattris, 4,099 are Kanhpurias, nearly all of whom eat together and form a powerful and valiant body. The following remarks are taken from the settlement report :- “In Salon there were 305 villages, of which 20 have been included in the pargana of Mánikpur. These form the estates of Pariáwan and LowánaIwo villages were transferred from the Rampur pargana to Salon, so that the whole present number is 287. Of these 287 villages twenty-one are newly founded by a grantee under Lord Canning's rules. The grant was made just after the munity to Mr. Thomas Palmer of Cawn- pore, and is now held by trustees for his wife and children. Deducting these villages 266 are left. They are held as follows: Taluqdari. Mufrad. Kanhpuria Bais Chaudhri 3 Chandel Raikwár Brahman Kurmi Muráo Shekh Sayyad Pathán (Qandhári Gharwár) Faqir Nának Shahi, Government villages, Total 98 10 32 0 0 9 1 1 Bisen Kayath 0 0 U O 18 L 1 23 II .. 2 ... 4 265