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6. N'ote on the (yrolable) identity ofFattapoerandSjatterapoer in Van den 

 Bi^oucke's Map of Bengal (1660, A. D.) with Fathpur and Jdtrapur^ 

 respectively, on the Bhairah Biver, in the Jessore District. — By H. J. 

 Eaixet, Esq. 



I observe in Mr. Blochmann's " Contributions to the Geography and 

 History of Bengal" that he refers (p. 221) to a road from Bardwan, over 

 Salimabad, Hugli, Jesar, Bosnah, Fathabad, across the river to Sjattera- 

 poer, etc., and in a footnote it is stated, — " Eennell gives Satrapur j but 

 modern maps give no such name." 



I regret 1 have not here a copy of Rennell's map to refer to, but on 

 glancing over the southern portion of Van den Broucke's map (obtained by 

 me from M. Cartamberd, Paris, and published by Mr. H. D. Sandeman, 

 C. S., in '•' Selections" from Calcutta Grazette, Vol. IV, as " Map of the 

 Soonderbunds in 1724"), I find Jessoor (Jessore) to be situate on the left 

 bank of a river, and Fattapoer to the N. E. of it, on the right bank of a 

 river, from whence across the river we have Sjatterapoer, on the confluence 

 of a large river from the N. W. and a comparatively small stream from the 

 N. E. 



On comparing the above map with sheet 121 of the Indian Atlas of the 

 Survey Department, there can be no doubt whatever, I think, that Jessoor 

 given in the former, corresponds with Jessore-Iswaripur, on the left bank of 

 the Jabuna (Jamuna), which city flourished under the famous .Raja Prata- 

 paditya (immortalized by Bharat Chandra in his charming poem of 

 Bidya Sundar), during the close of the sixteenth, and commencement of 

 the seventeenth century ; and the Dutch map was prepared in 1660, accord- 

 ing to Mr. Blochmann, p. 242. 



Sjatterapoer I have little hesitation in identifying with Jatrapur, on 

 the right bank of the Bhairab River, a place of some consequence, where 

 there is a considerable Bazar, a short distance from the Mausoleum, etc., of 

 the local Muhammadan warrior and saint. Khan Jahan 'All. The Bhairab 

 is noiv a narrow and shallow stream at Jatrapur, but the name of the river 

 signifies " the dreadful ;" hence it will not be wrong, I think, to infer that 

 it was then a large river. I may add, that it is not unusual to find in the 

 olden maps that the letter ' S' has been prefixed to the name of a place 

 having ' J' for its initial letter, e. g. ' Sjanabath'.for Jahanabad, 



Fattapoer I take to be Fathpur, a well-known village in my fami- 

 ly zamindari, appertaining to Parganah Hogla, on the right bank of the 

 Bhairab (not marked on the map), not far from the Sub-Division of 

 Klmlna, close to, and east of, the junction of the Atharabanka with the 

 river before named. The position of Fathpur, as here indicated, between 

 Jessore-Iswaripur, and Jatrapur is almost precisely the same as that 

 occupied by Fattapoer, with Jessoor on one side, and Sjatterapoer on the 



