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1873.] H. Blochmann— Geography and History of Bengal. 
10. S i r k a r C h a t g a o n (Chittagong), never properly annexed 
before the reign of Anrangzib. 7 mahalls ; revenue, Rs. 285,607. 
B. Sirlcdrs in the Delta of the Ganges . 
11. Sirkar Satga on. A small portion only, the land between the 
Hugli and the Saraswati, lay west of the Hugli, whilst the bulk of the Sirkar 
comprised the modern district of the 24-Parganahs to the Kabadak, western 
Nadiya, south-western Murshidabad, and extended in the south to Hatiagarh 
below Diamond Harbour. To this Sirkar belonged Mahall Kalkatta 
(Calcutta) which, together with two other mauza’s, paid, in 1582, a land 
revenue of Rs. 23,905. 53 mahalls ; revenue, Rs. 418,118. 
12. Sirkar Mahmudabad, so called after one of the three 
Mahmud Shahs of Bengal, and comprising northern Nadiya, northern 
Jessore, and western Faridpur. 88 mahalls ; revenue, Rs. 290,256. 
13. Sirkar Khalifatabad, or southern Jessore and western Ba- 
qirganj. The Sirkar is called after Khalifatabad, which was the name of the 
small Haweli-parganahnearBagherhat (vide below). The largest mahall of this 
Sirkar was Jesar (Jessore), or Rasulpur ; and among others, we find here the 
Mahalls Mundagacliha and Malikpur, which the Khan i A’zam, when gover¬ 
nor of Bengal under Akbar (Ain translation, p. 326), is said to have given 
to Bhabeshwar Rai, the ancestor of the present Rajahs of Jesar. The name 
of Jesar, therefore, occurs as early in 1582 ; hence Van den Broucke’s map 
(1660) also gives it conspicuously as ‘ Jessore.’* 35 mahalls; revenue, 
Rs. 135,053. 
14. Sirkar F a t h a b a d, so called after Fath Shah, king of Bengal, 
comprising a small portion of Jessore, the whole of Faridpur, southern 
Baqirganj, portions of Dhaka district, and the Islands ofDak’hin Shahbazpur, 
Sondip, and Sidhu, at the mouth of the Megna. The town of Faridpur lies 
in the Haweli Parganah of Fathabad. 3 mahalls, revenue, Rs. 199,239. 
15. Sirkar B a k 1 a,f or Isma’ilpur, north-east of the preceding, com¬ 
prising portions of Baqirganj and Dhaka districts. It is the Bacala of old 
maps. 4 mahalls ; revenue, Rs. 178,756. 
C. Sir leans South of the Ganges and West of the Bhagirathi (Hugli). 
16. S i r k a r A u d a m b a r, or T a n d a h, comprising the greater portion 
of Murshidabad district, with portions of Birbhum. The name Audambar 
occurs also in other parts of India, e. g. in Kachh.J Tandali did not long 
enjoy the position of capital : Slier Shah already had made plans to remove it 
* Vide , however, Westland, Jessore Beport, p. 29. 
f The author of the Siya/rul Mutaatclilcharm calls it Hogla (llfyfc), from the 
Bangali word hogla, which signifies marsh reed—a name which no doubt explains the 
name of Hugli; but he strangely confounds Sirkar Bakla with Sirkar Satgaon (Hugli). 
J Vide Cunningham, Ancient Geography of India, I, p. 248. 
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