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PAT 151 same Kurmi attended the darvesh's lodging, but saluted Niámat Shah only, and on being asked why, he related the matter in full; then Muhabbat getting enraged with his disciplc, Niámat, ordered him to die which command he directly fulfilled. The second fair or mela in (May-June) was established by Muhabbat's disciple, Shafqat Shah, in honour of his religious master. This pargana was, prior to its being held by the Bais Chhattris, in the possession of Bhars, though it was considered as forming part of the Kanauj kingdom. In the Nawabi the site of the tahsil was on the western side of this town, where a tahsildar resided, who had also the charge of the thána or police station. It was formed into a pargana by Akbar Shah, deriving its name from the town Pátan. PATAN-Pargana PATAN—Tahsil PURWA---District UNAO.--The principal village of pargana Pátan, district Unao. The river Lon flows past the little towo which has a population of 2,373, a temple dedicated to Ma- hídeo, and a school attended by forty-two pupils. The tomb of a faqír, Muhabbat Shah, whose spirit is supposed to exercise those into whom satan has entered, attracts two annual fairs. One a little one in March, at which about 3,000 people congregate, the other is held in September, and sometimes 70,000 persons assemble including many taluqdars. The insane are tied in hundreds to trees opposite the tomb, left all night, and it is said benefit thereby. PATTI --Pargana Patri—Tahsil PATTI-District PARTABGARH.-This vil- lage, which is also the seat of a tahsil, is on the road from Bela to Chánda, in the district of Sultanpur. The place is called so from the division which took place between the Bachgotis. It is thirteen miles from Par- tabgarb and thirty-six from Allababad. The population announts to 1,584. There are two mosques and one school. There are a thána and tahsil. PATTI DALIPPUR Pargana-Tahsil PATTI - District PARTABGARH.— This large pargana at the south-eastero extremity of Oudb, bordering on the Jaunpur district, is conterminous with the tahsil of the same name; it was originally called Jalálpur Bilkhar. It covers 468 square miles, of which 217 are cultivated; its population is 223,173 or 477 to the square mile; of these 36,517 are Brahmans, 16,237 are Chhattris, 29,222 are Ahirs, 26,390 are Chamárs, 25,380 are Kurmis. Of these Chhattris 6,605 are Bachgotis, but a very large qumber of them are alleged to be of impure blood, and have no share on the property of the clan. There are ten Bachgoti taluqdars having among them 683 villages, and a numerous body of shareholders, with thirty-five villages and only 14, copyholds among them. There are 900 Bilkharias, but all the eight villages belong to one man. There are 406 Dirgbansis, but the fourteen Dirgbansi villages belong to one small taluqdar; the rest of the Chhattris have no proprietary rights.