HANSY, a town of Hindustan, in the province of Delhi, and district of Hissar Feroseh, situated on the edge of the canal, now in ruins, cut from the river Jumna about the year 1853, by Sultan Feroy. It is a very ancient town, and contains the tomb of a Mahomedan saint called Sheikh Jemmal. It was taken by the Mahomedans early in 1035, and has experienced many revolutions. Towards the end of the eighteenth century it was the capital of the short-lived principality erected by the adventurer George Thomas, and is now possessed by independent native chiefs.