1904,] H. R. Nevill —Mahals in Sarkar Lahhnau . 251 
Oudh Gazetteer states that the pargana was made out of Unchganw, 
Sidhupur, and Targaon, not Tara Singhaur. I cannot discover who 
was the author of this article : it certainly was not Mr. Maconochie, 
who was practically responsible for the whole of the article on the 
Unao district. There must be an earlier source, for Targaon is obvi¬ 
ously incorrect, as no such mahal is recorded in the Ain-i-Akbari. Be 
that as it may, I believe Tara Singhaur to be a mistake. On the banks 
of the Ganges, some seventeen miles south-east in a direct line from 
Daundia Khera, lying in latitude 26°3' north and longitude 8CP53' east, 
is a village called Singhaur Tara, which must represent the headquar¬ 
ters of the old mahal. It is too far from Daundia Khera for the amal- 
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gamation, not only because it was a very small mahal, containing only 
9,357 highas of cultivation, bat also for other reasons which will appear 
later. We know the position of Unchganw, and that mahal was 
fairly large, and with the addition of a portion of Sidhupur, which is 
also known, is quite sufficient for Daundia Khera. 1 
Adjoining Daundia Khera on the south-east, and occupying the 
corner of the Rai Bareli district, is the large pargana of Sareni, with a 
present area of 72,880 acres. This was never identified by Mr. Beames 
with any of the Akbari mahals. One of these, described as “ not 
traceable, ” was known as Kahanjara: it was held by Bais, who contri¬ 
buted 100 horse and 2,000 foot. Its cultivated area was 22,300 bighas 
or, say, 14,000 acres. Now the village of Khanjar or Kalienjar still 
exists, and it is a matter of common local knowledge that this place 
gave its name formerly to the pargana of Sareni, or at least to a part 
of it. It is a fairly large village in the north of the pargana, situated 
in latitude 26 C T1 , north and longitude 80°49' east; and contains several 
kherasj evidence of older sites and vanished importance. This settles 
one mahal untraced by Mr. Beames: it marched with Sidhupur and 
Satanpur on the north-west and north-east respectively. It is no new 
discovery, for the fact is clearly stated in the Rai Bareli Report. 
In Mr. Beames’ list I find a mahal called Lashkar, on which he 
remarks: “ Said to be Nisgarh, which is said to be a well-known 
village; the position, however, is not stated.” The ‘ said ’ refers to 
Mr. Millett, who writes that Nisgarh is in Rai Bareli and is still a well- 
known village. No other remarks are made. But Nisgarh is perfectly 
well-known in pargana Sareni: it lies on the banks of the Ganges in 
latitude 26°6' north and longitude 80°46' east, and is quite a large 
village. Its position is about half-way between Tara Singhaur and 
1 Sidhupur, often spelt Serhupur, is a small village in Daundia Khera, on the 
north side of the old fort. 
