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494 MAW_MIA MAWAI MAHOLARA Pargana--Tahsil RÁM SANEHI GAAT. District BARA BANKI.—This pargana is bounded on the north by parganas Rudauli and Basorbi, on the east by Khandánsa of the Fyzabad district, on the south by the Gumti, and on the west by the Kalyáni. It is 17 miles from east to west, and 16 from north to south. Its area is 71 square miles. or 45,039 acres, 23,897 acres are cultivated and 21,070 acres uncultivated, The irrigated portion amounts to 8,467 acres, and the unirrigated to 15,430. The river Kalyání flows through the pargana. The Gumti skirts it for a distance of 17 miles. The soil is for the most part dumat (loam). The average rainfall for the last three years amounted to 40 inches. Water is met with at 23 feet from the surface. Irrigation is chiefly carried on from wells, the irrigation from which gives an outturn of 15 maunds per bígha, that from ponds 10 maunds per bigha. The chief article of traffic is grain which is in times of scarcity exported to Kaithi Ghat, &c. Richh Ghát on the Gumti is 4 miles distant from Maholára, Kaithi and Sibor Gháts on the Gogra, 16 and 22 miles respective There are four schools in the pargana; at Sahondra there is a registry office, and at Mawai a police post. There is a temple in honour of Richh Mahadeo at Richh. Mawai has a market attended by 1,000 people. The Government revenue amount to Rs. 56,212. The tenure is as follows :- Taluqdari I villaga. Zamindari, BhayFachira Pattidari 100 ..! d. LEI 1. da 46 4 1 9 Total .00 61 $9 The population is 43,048 or 603 persons per square mile, who inhabit 8,923 houses. The higher caste Brahmans, Káyaths, Chhattris, Sayyads, and Pathans number as many as 17,639. There are five villages with a population of above 2,000. This pargana is believed to have been from early times in the posses- sion of Chhattris, and as they were defaulters of the Government revenue, Akbar stationed an officer to check the irregularity, at Maholára, which village owes its origin to a Bhar Chief. The pargana has since then been called Maholára. MAYA--Pargana MANGALSI— Tahail FYZABAD—District FYZABAD.—This village is seven miles from Fyzabad, the origin of the name is ascribed to Mal Singh Bais, who cleared the jungle and founded the village about 600 years ago. The Begamganj was founded, and a kotwáli (police office) established here by the Bahu Begam. The population consists of 1,480 Hindus and 180 Sunni Muhammadans, of whom 41 are Wahábis. There are 49 houses and a masonry temple. At Begamganj the bazar is held on Sundays and Wodnesdays. There is a police station in this village. MIANGANJ Town- Pargana AsYwán RASULABAD_-Tahsil MonẢN, District UNAO.--This town lies 12 miles west of tahsil Mohán, and 18 miles north-east of Unao, upon an unmetalled road from Lucknow to Safipur, here crossed by another from Sandila to Unao. It is. 77 miles south-east of Fatehgarh, 34 west of Lucknow; it was formerly called Bhopatpur, and it was built in 1185 A.H. (1771 A.D.) by Mian Almás Ali Khan, à eunuch, and finance minister under Asif-ud-daula and Saádat