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402 SUB 25,684; the irrigated area is as much as 19,471 acres. In some parts which are cut up by ravines the surface is uneven, but the greater part of the pargana is level. The soil is chiefly loam. The climate is salubrious. The river Gumti flows from west to east on the north border of the pargana ; its length here is 24 miles; it skirts 15 villages. Water is met with at from 50 to 60 feet. The chief thoroughfares are the road from Lucknow to Sultanpur, and that from Rae Bareli to Daryabad. There is also a third tract to Ríchh Ghát. There are ferries at 12 places on the Gumti. There are no manufactures except that of country cloth. Schools are at Subeha, Bhatwára, Granwán, Kursia, Pachori, and Muhammadpur. There are post and registry offices at Subeha. The Government revenue amounts to Rs. 66,105. The tenure is as follows:- Taluqdari 22 villages. Zamindari Pattidari 38 36 39 3 61 OP > 86 The population is 52,510. In Subeha there is a shrine of Shadmán Shahíd where a fair is held every Jeth (May); the gathering is exclusively local. Subeha and Chaubísi are villages possessing more than 2,000 inhabitants. This has been known as a pargana since Akbar's time. The Bhars were the former owners of the soil, but the Musalmans drove them away about 900 years ago under Masaud who was killed at Bahraich ; in later times the Bais obtained possession. The taluqdars of the pargana are Chaudhri Murtaza Husen and Bech-un-nisa. SUBEHA-Pargana SUBEHA--Tahsil HAIDARGARH-District BARA BANKI.—This town lies in latitude 26° 38' north, longitude 81° 34' east, 52 miles north-west of Sultanpur, and 30 miles east of Bara Banki near the river Gumti. The tahsil station of Haidargarh is 10 miles to the south-west. There are good many tanks and masonry wells, but most of the former are so shallow that in the rainy season the water overflows them, Depth of wells is from 50 to 60 feet. There is a market held here on Mondays and Thursdays. Country cloth is the only manufacture. There is a school for teaching Urdu, Persian, and Nágri, also a police post and a registry office. The population is 2,754, and the number of houses is 691. The origin of the name and the date of foundation of the town are lost in obscurity. It is supposed to have been in the dominions of the Bhars prior to the invasion by Sayyad Sálár. The Moslems then seized it, and they form a large portion of the inhabitants still. The principal inhabi- tant, the late Chaudbri Sarfaráz Ahmad, was a large landed proprietor; his ancestors, Khwaja Bahrám and Khwaja Nizám, are alleged to have accompanied Sayyad Sálár and settled here. But the family was obscure till 1033 A.H.(A.D. 1616), when Shekh Nasir was appointed chaudhriof the pargana Subeba by the Emperor Shah Jabán. His descendants divided the pargana amongst themselves, but the office of chaudhri remained undivided, and in 1209 (A. D. 1792), Chaudhri Imám Bakhsh commenced to absorb all the separate properties into his own