a town of Hindustan, in the territory of Hyderabad, or the dominions of the Nizam, and the principal place of a jaghire, or feudal possession of the same name. A stone wall sixty feet in height surmounted by battlements surrounds the town, which is of considerable size, and contains several bazars and houses built of brick. The khan of Ellichpoor held his jaghire from the Nizam on military tenure, furnishing a brigade of two battalions of infantry, two thousand horse, and four guns; but a few years since the relations between the feudatory and his superior were seriously disturbed, and several actions took place between the troops of the two chiefs, which were attended with varied success. Tranquillity was at length restored by the sequestration of the district and its transfer to the British, with other possessions of the Nizam, as a provision for the support of the military contingent which that prince is bound by treaty to maintain. The town of Ellichpoor is distant 40 miles N.E. of Argum, where the Duke of Wellington gained a brilliant victory over the Mahrattas in 1803. Lat. 21° 10', Long. 77° 36'. (E.T.)