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 PAR 63 The place, Parsbádepur, is really the mingled village sites of some four villages--viz., Rámpur, Ahora, Launsari , Songna, and Shahábpur. There is no village called Parshádepur. A force used to be quartered there under the native government of Oudh. When the country was annexed Salon was the name given to a district, and the headquarters were placed at Kashwápur in this pargana on the bank of the river Sai. Upon the mutiny breaking out the civil officers went to Rája Hanwant Singh's fort of Kálákánkar, and thence to Allahabad. The Náin taluqdars, true to their character of pestilent marauders, signalised themselves by seizing the earliest opportunity in the mutiny to plunder right and left. PARSHÁDEPUR-Pargana PARSHÁDEPUR-Tahsil SALON--District RAE BARELI. This place was founded by a Bhar chief, Rája Pars, on the road to Salon. The river Sai flows a mile to the south; it is twenty miles from Rae Bareli. It is alleged that the name of this place was Sikandar- pur in ancient days. The population is 4,319, of whom the Hindus are 2,645 and Musalmans 1,674. There are 48 masonry houses, five temples to Mahadeo, six mosques, three imámbáras, and one vernacular school. There is a bazár called Khudaganj; the annual sales amount to Rs. 5,000. PARTABGANJ Pargana—Tahsil NAWABGANJ--District BARA BANRI.- This pargana is bounded on the north by villages of the Fatehpur talsil, on the east by villages of the Rám Sanehi Ghat tahsil, on the south by pargana Satrikh, and on the west by pargana Nawabganj. Its area is fifty-six square miles or 35,751 acres. The cultivated soil amounts to 24,288 acres, the culturable to 3,776 acres, and the barren to 6,339 acres. The irrigated area amounts to 10,212 acres and the unirrigated to 15,296. The Kalyani skirts the pargana on the north and east. Its length within the limits of the Pargana is about six miles. This stream does neither good nor harm. Water is met with at from six to twelve feet. The metalled road to Fyzabad passes through this pargana. There are no manufactures of any note. The land revenue amounts to Rs. 64,293-1-6, falling at the rate of Rs. 2-5-1 per arable acre. The fifty-four villages of this pargana are held under the following tenures :- Taluqdari Zamindari 26 16 18 Pattidari Total 54 The pargana is held by Rájas Sarabjít Singh and Farzand Ali Khan, Chaudhráin Sahib-un-nisa, Hakim Karam Ali , Wajid Husen, Ghulam Abbás, Náipal Singh, and Amjad Husen. The population amounts to 38,556, the high castes number as many as 6,000; other castes number as follows : —Ahírs 3,139, Kahárs, 2,304, Náós 889. Schools have been estab- lished at Partabganj, Safdarganj, Rasauli, Udhauli, and Málpur. There is a post-office at Safdarganj. Police posts are at Jalálpur and Maktaura. There is no registry Office. A fair held at the end of Asádh, in honour of Nág Deota, at mauza Machhad, is attended by about 11,000 persons ; milk and rice are offered. The pargana takes its name from the principal