MAN 481 The former extent of Manikpur. - What was formerly Mánikpur, and known as such in the days of its pristine glory, comprised the following areas which have since been demarcated as separate villages, while for some unaccountable and most extraordinary reason (best known to the boundary settlement officer), the very name of Mánikpur has been wiped off the collector's register, and has been replaced by the somewhat modest and unpretentious title of Purai An Naqt. The founder of the purwa was a comparatively obscure individual, without any claims to the remem- brance of posterity — Púrai Ali Nagi Aimmai Ráje Muhammad Hayat (urj Shahúb-ud-din-abad)... Chakchánda Jotdoman Chauképárpur Káchhipathi Rádapatti Sultanpur Rathai Bajha Bhit Mirgarwa Abatai Kbán Qah Bawanpur Purai Moizz-ud-dín Khemsira DD. 19 PO 17 LOU
B. DI 41 •10 259 acrcg. 506 91 11 286 39 776 31 90 ) 45 3) 187 97 356 40 301 11 92 31 239 8 749 •10 CO DOO 06 EDO duo Total .. 8,894 Ultimate position of Manikpur.-- From the time the sarkár Manikpur came into Oudh, it retained during the lifetime of Shujá-ud-daula-—.e., until 1187 Hijri (A. D. 1774)—its former dimensions entire, and was gov- ered by a chakladar. On the assumption of the sovereignty by Asif- ud-daula, the latter assigned to his mother, the widowed Queen, the par- ganas of Salon, Jáis, and Nasírabad (according to the distribution of the Kín-i-Akbari) in jágír ; while about the same time parganas Rae Bareli, Dalmau, Thulendi, and Kasút (now Khíron) were detached and placed under the Chakladar of Baiswára, and parganas Aror and Bablol (now Partabgarh) and Jalálpur Bilkhar (now Patti Dalippur) were attached to the Sultanpur Nízámat. The remainder was called “Chakla Mánikpur," and so continued until 1244 Hijri (A. D. 1829) when the chakla" was absorbed in the Salon Nízámat, An official was occasionally deputed by the Názim under the title of Chakladar of Ahládganj, whose jurisdiction extended to the limits of the present parganas of Mánikpur, Bíhår, and Dhingwas. Gutni.-Five miles to the south of Mánikpur and also on the Ganges is the village of Gutni. Its chief notoriety is in connection with the mur- der here of Raja Pirthipat Singh, of Partabgarh, by Nawab Mansur Ali Khan (Safdar Jang) in 1164 Hijri (A. D. 1751). It is currently believed that the village of Gutni was founded about four centuries ago by an influential and wealthy Ahír, who owned large flocks and herds. This Indian Laban discovered that the pasturage in this particular locality was sweet and good, and he accordingly determined to take up his abode here. A • A certain Murio, named Doman, it is alleged, increased his holding to such an extent that it became in course of time a separate village under the name " Jotdoman"
