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528 PAHARPUR-PAHRA. the Hasht Bháza Jágírs, or 'appanages of the eight brothers.' It is under the political superintendence of the Central India Agency, and is situated within the geographical limits of Jhansi District. Area, about 4 square miles. Population (1881) 1049; estimated revenue, £500. The jagir contains the single village of Pahári Kalan, and is an offshoot from the Barágáon jágir, which Diwán Rái Singh of Orchha divided among his eight sons. The present holder is named Diwan Banka Piyariju Bahadur. He has the right of adoption. Paharpur.— Town in Dera Ismail Khán District, Punjab; situated in lat. 32° 7' N., and long. 71° 2' E. Population (1881) 2496, namely, Muhammadans 1644, and Hindus 852. A third-class municipality, with an income in 1883–84 of £164, or an average of 1s. 3}d. per head. Pahár Sirgirá.- Old Gond chiefship, attached to Sambalpur District, Central Provinces ; 15 miles west of Sambalpur town. Area, 20 square iniles, about three-fifths of which are cultivated, producing rice and sugar-cane. Number of villages, 10. Population (1881) 1962. The chiefs of Pahár Sirgirá, Bhedan, and Pátholanda, all trace their origin to a family which came from Mandlá seven centuries ago. The principal village, Pahár Sirgirá (lat. 21° 27' N., long. 83° 48' E.), has a wellattended school. The estate contains much good forest on the plains abutting on the Bara Pahár hills. The late chief, Danardhan Singh, joined in the rebellion of 1858, and was outlawed. He, however, came under the amnesty, and was restored to his estate and former position. He died in 1870, and was succeeded by his son the present chief, Baijnath Singh. The estate pays a tribute or quit-rent to Government of £14 per annum. Pahásu.—Town in Bulandshahr District, North-Western Provinces; situated on the right bank of the Káli river, 24 miles south of Bulandshahr town. Population (1881) 3880, chietly Rajputs and Musalmáns. Capital of Pratáp Singh, one of the earliest Badgújar inmigrants into the Doáb. Pahásu was the head-quarters of a mahal under Akbar, and was conferred, with a parganú of 54 villages, by the Emperor Shah Alam on Begam Samru as a jágir for the support of her troops. On her death in 1836 it was held for a time by Government, and then granted to Murad Ali Khán, from whom it passed to his son, the present proprietor, Nawab Sir Faiz Ali Khán, K.C.S.I., formerly prime minister of Jaipur (Jeypore) State. Police station, post-office, village school. A small house-tax is levied for the conservancy and police of the town. Pahlanpur.—Collection of States, State, and town, Bombay Presidency. - See PALANPUR. Pahra.- Petty State in Bundelkhand under the political superintendence of the Central India Agency. It is one of the Kalinjar Chaubes, that is, one of the shares in the district of Kálinjar belong.