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 302 SAN year (1399) Khwaja-2-Jahán died at Jaunpur, and his adopted son, Malik Mubárak, becamo king in his stead, assuming the title of Mubárak Shah, and taking possession of all the fiefs." The inventive piety of the Muhammadans dispenses with the traditional clue to the derivation of the name, and asserts that it is traceable to an exclamation of Sayyad Makhdum Alá-ud-din who when on his way thither from Delhi cast into the Jumna the grant or charter received by him from his imperial master saying, Sanad Allah, God be my charter, Accordingly, he named his first conquest Sanad-illa or Sandíla, though till then it had been known as Sital Purwa. Taking as his own share a rent-free grant of 360 bíghas he built and settled upon it, and it is called to this day Makhdumpura in remembrance of him; and his darg'ih stands upon it. The tyranny and exactions of Muhammad Shah Tugblaq at Delhi are said to have contributed to the development of Sandíla whither fled many a refugee, chiefly of the Brahman and Chhattri castes. In the time of Sher Shab the settlement had become so crowded that Sayyad Husen founded a new town adjacent to it and styled it Ashraftola. Up to this time no Government officer had been posted at Sandíla ; so that, like the cave of Adullam, it was a convenient refuge for all who wished to keep out of the way of the imperial writs; but about the time of Akbar the qázi was transferred hither from Mahona, and the other pargana officials came in time to be posted here. Firoz Shah twice visited Sandila in 754 Hijri (A.D. 1353) on his march to Lucknow, and in 776 Hijri (A.D. 1374) on the way to Bahraich. A mosque bearing the date 769 Hijri (A.D. 1367) was built by his order. The restoration of Humígún brought trouble upon Sayyad Husen, who had been faithful to the fortunes of Sher Shah. The town was plundered by Humáyún’s troops; Sayyad Husen was dispossessed of his grant, and a force was quartered here. The lands wlrich for three centuries had been held by Sayyads were made over to Chandels. But the tenure of the Chandels did not last long. The Sayyads regained court favour and a portion of their lost possessions. Molvi Muhammad Moia ingratiated himself with Alamgir, who conferred upon him in jágír for military ser- vice Ibrábímpur, Tiloi, and ten other villages, and, when he died in Behár, sent his corpse to Sandíla to be buried with his forefathers, Most of the Sayyad's grants were resumed and charged with revenue after Shuja-ud- daula's defeat at Buxar, and the remainder were resumed by Saídat Ali Khan. In our own time nineteen villages were conferred on Molvi Fazl Rasúl of Jalálpur of this family for distinguished services during the mutiny. Two severe actions were fought at Sandíla on 6th and 7th October, 1858. SANDILA---Pargana SANDILA-Tahsil SANDILA-District HARDOI.— (Latitude 27°4' north, longitude 80°34' east). Sandfla ranks sixth in
 * By Mr. A. H. Harington, C.S., Assistant Commissioner,