SHAHJEHANPOOR, a considerable town of Hindustan, in the Mahratra territories, province of Malwah, situated on the banks of the Sagormutty river, forty miles north-north-east from Oojain. Long. 76. 18. E. Lat. 23. 28. N. There is another town of the same name, in the province of Delhi, district of Bareilly, situated on the Gurrah river, ninety-five miles north-east from Lucknow. Long. 79. 53. E. Lat. 27. 51. N. Both these towns are called after Shah Jehan, who reigned in the middle of the seventeenth century.
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