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 SHA 329 is very large, being 7,540 to 10,714 Hindus. There are 985 brick and 3,668 kachcha houses, grouped in numerous wards or muhallas. Named for the most part after the followers and companions in arms of the founder Diler Khan (see pargana article), they are called :- Sidi Khalil, Pirzádagán, Ibanzai, Shekhpur, Malkápur, Jangalia, Khalil Nabi Basti, Wali Yeman, Shamsher Klan, Ghilzi, Hakím Moinuddin, Mírán-ki-Basti, Jáfar Klian alias Kairgarh, Bankuri, Bazid Khalil, Háji Hayat Khan alias Mauláganj, Mahmúd, Sulaimáni, Garhi Kalán, Garhi Bagbía, Baqarzai, Tájpur, Sídi Khalil Sáni, Bhúron, Diláwalpur, Ikhtiyarpur, Inayatpur, Yunas Khalil, Bíbi zaí, Khera Azmat Khan, Gagiảni, Máhi Bagh, Baira Zainab, Köt Arobián, Bazid Khalil, Niámat Khan, Kanauli Khanzáda, Ibnazai, Nálbandán, Sayyadwára, Bázid Khalíl, Sani Mahmúd Khan, Talwa Wirán, Talia Wirán, Kanhaia, Binoria, Bárapur Wirán, Marúf Ismáíl, Kot Bảchhil, Sajjan Khan, The brick fortress-like palace in the centre, described by Tieffenthaler, is the Bari Deorhi of Nawab Diler Klan. The inhabitants date the decline of the town from the decay of the Delhi empire and growth of the Nawabi into power. Its present popula- tion is said to be only a third of its former size. It is connected with Shahjahanpur, Pali, Sándi, Hardoi, and Pihani by unmetalled roads, and the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway passes close to it, and lias a station here. The subdivisional office (tahsil) and police station (thána) are located in the enclosure of the Jánia Masjid-a mosque built by Diler Khan. Among other buildings are an Anglo-vernacular tahsil school, a dis- pensary, and a saráe built originally by Ráe Mangli Lál, Chakladar, and repaired by the present Government. Bathing fairs are held at the old Thathera pool, Raitanha, and at a masonry tank built by Diler Khan and called Narbada, because water from that river was poured into it when it was opened, but they are not attend- ed by pilgrims from any distance. There is no trace or manufacture of importance ; for sugar, the most valuable product of the neighbourhood, is worked up at the Rosa Factory at Shábjahánpur. Bazars are held in Sardárganj, Jamál Khan's Ganj, Namak Mandi, Roshan Bazar, Nihálganj, Dilerganj, Saídatganj, called also Katra, the Chauk, Maulaganj, and Mahmúdganj. Mahmúdganj has been opened since annexation, and a daily grain market is held in it. The town is noted for its excellent mangoes, and grafts are exported to a dis- tance. A native cloth called Mahmúdi' used to be manufactured here and was much prized. Sir W. Sleeman's account of Shahabad (1850) is worth extracting, as it gives the origin of the chronic ill-feeling between Muhammadans and Hindus which has gmouldered ever since, and broke out into active dis- order at the Muharram of 1868 “Palee is a good place for a cantonment, or seat of public civil estab- lishments, and Shahabad is no less 80. The approach to both, from the 42