ALLAHABAD, in Geography, a province of Hindostan, about 160 miles in length, and 120 in breadth. Its eastern boundaries meet the province of Bahar, the southern Berar, the western Malwa and Agra, and the northern Oude. According to the distribution of the emperor Akbar, recorded in the Ayeen Akberry, it contains 10 circars or counties, which are divided into 177 pergunnals or hundreds. According to the statement of Maurice, in his Indian Antiquities, it affords a revenue of 3,310,695 sicca rupees. It contributes to
the public service 323 elephants, 237,870 infantry, and 11,375 cavalry. The whole of this extensive province has been by conquest or treaty brought under the British government. Allahabad, Benares, and Iconpaur, are the principal cities.