1849.] Statistics of the Circar of Dowlutahad. 523 



Byzapoor. This kusbah is situated upon the borders bearing 40 

 miles west of Aurungabad, a very considerable trade is carried on in 

 the fabrication of silk goods, employing 125 looms, and 10 winding 

 machines, besides 50 looms for cotton cloths with silk borders, for 

 sarees ; the estimated worth of which is from forty to fifty thousand 

 rupees : the goods are principally disposed of at the great Mhyjee 

 fair. Bunniah shops 141, pucka houses 575, kutcha houses 403, 

 males 3,338, females 2,061. The principal towns are Boresur ; 

 bunniah shops 14, pucka houses 2, kutcha houses 115, males 437, 

 females 383, Nawurgaon; bunniah shops 8, pucka houses 10, 

 kutcha houses 103, males 341, females 244. Mahkalivargaon ; bun- 

 niah shops 4, pucka houses 5, kutcha houses 66, males 250, fe- 

 males 255. 



Khundalla. A kusba town situated 38 miles from Aurungabad in 

 a north-west direction; bunniah shops 17, pucka houses 5, kutcha 

 houses 196, males 444, females 390. 



Klianapoor, A kusba town distant 24 miles north-west from Au- 

 rungabad; bunniah shops 6, pucka houses 12, kutcha houses 159, 

 males 440, females 398, 



- Elloora. A large kusba two-thirds dilapidated. It lies 16 miles 

 north-west of Aurungabad ; bunniah shops 9, pucka houses 93, kutcha 

 houses 88, males 605, females 623. It possesses only one town of 

 any note, Kussaibkhaira ; bunniah shops 60, pucka houses 12, kut- 

 cha houses 194, males 645, females 511. 



Havale'e Dowlutahad, The ancient city of Dowlutahad is situated 

 8 miles north-west of Aurungabad : this interesting locahty once the 

 seat of a long line of Hindoo kings, and then known as Deoghiri, is 

 at present nothing better than a miserable cluster of mean huts form- 

 ing the pettah of the fortress. For any information concerning its 

 earlier history, we are more indebted to tradition, than to historical 

 records, the first time it became known, being in 1294, when Ala ood 

 Deen surprised and captured the citadel. It owes much of its im- 

 portance to the Emperor Toghlak Mahomed, whom Ferishta describes 

 as being one of the most accomplished princes, and at the same time 

 the most furious tyrant that ever dignified or disgraced human na 

 ture ; he it was, who entertained llie wild project of removing the 

 capital of fliR dnminiona from Delhi to the Dcccan, by comnmndii.g 



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