1892.] H. Beveridge — A note on the Parganas of Murshidabad. 143 



9. Ibraliimpur. 19. Sultunuzial. 



10. Kankjol. 



II. SARKAB SllARlFABAD, A'in. p. 40G. 



1. Akbarshahi. 6. Fathsingh. 



2. Bdrbaksingh. 7. Husainuzial. 



3. Bazar Ibraliimpur. 8. Khargaon. 



4. Bhatsala. 9. Mabalaudi. 



5. Bihrol. 10. Manaharshdhi. 



III. Sarkar Mahmudabah, A'in, p. 397. 



1. Fatbipur Nausika. 3. Kutubpur. 



2. Kulberia. 4. Patkabari. 



IV. Sarkar Barbakabad, A'in, p. 403. 



1. Barbakpur. 3. Guzarhat. 



2. Gowas. 4. Laskbarpur. 



I do not think tbat these lists are at all complete, nor will it be 

 found tbat the spellings of the Ain and of the Statistical Account 

 exactly agree. Indeed one of my objects is to show that they do not, 

 and tbat the text of the Ain wants revision. Thus Chunakhali is dis- 

 guised in the Ain under the name of Jonaghatti, and the old and 

 extensive parganas of Gowas and Gankar appear there as Kahas and 

 Gankarah. Some well-known parganas do not appear at all in the Ain. 

 For example, Ghiasabacl, which Grant places, no doubt correctly, in Sha- 

 rifabad, is not mentioned in the Ain. Under Sarkar Mabmudabad, we 

 find Babhangola and Barmapur. Can these be Bhagwangola and Ber- 

 bampur ? 



The name Sbarffabad for tbe Sarkar comprising the Rarb is inter- 

 esting for it suggests tbe family of Husain Shah, the famous king 

 of Gaur. An ancestor of his is said to have been Sharif of Mecca, and 

 his father's name was Ashraf. Perhaps the latter gave his name to the 

 pargana of Ashraf Bhag. In the Ain this pai^gana appears under the 

 name of Darsan Ashrafnahal, and in Tieffenthaler as Darsan Ashrafbhal. 



I ought to mention that I have been assisted in making my lists 

 by a valuable map in Col. Gastrell's report on Murshidabad, in which the 

 principal parganas are shown. 



If we bad similar maps of other districts, or even with the aid of 

 the pargana maps in the Survey Office, a map might be made of the 

 19 Sarkars which would show tbe divisions of Bengal in 1582. Another 

 might be made showing the Sarkars of Orissa and Assam. A third 

 map might be made showing Jaffar Khan's 13 Chaklas corresponding 

 to the 34 Sarkars of Todar Mai. No doubt tbe labour would be con- 



