a fortified town of Hindustan, province of Agra, and capital of the district of the same name. The town was built by a Patan colony about a hundred years ago, and is situated about a mile from the western bank of the Ganges. It contains a small citadel, and the palace of the nabob. The streets are wide, and the houses and open places are shaded with trees. It carries on an extensive trade with Cashmere and other parts of India, and derives considerable benefit from the extensive military cantonments of Putteghur in its vicinity. Long. 79° 40', Lat. 27° 24'.

The district of Furruckabad is situated for the most part in a country inclosed between the Ganges and the Jamna, and between the 27th and 28th degrees of north latitude. Area, 2122 square miles. Pop. 1,064,607; of which 956,747 are Hindus, and 127,860 Mohammedans. The latter are stated to be descendants of the Patans or Afghans, who early in the last century established themselves in the tract extending between Oude and the Punjab. In 1749 the emperor of Delhi, marching to Furruckabad, confiscated the estates of the deceased ruler, and conferred them upon the vizier of Oude; from whom, however, they were again wrested by Ahmed Khan, brother of the former ruler. After a lapse of some years the territory appears to have reverted to the vizier of Oude, who in 1801 transferred it to the protection of the British. Upon assuming possession the East India Company effected an arrangement with the tributary nawab, under which his claims were liquidated by an annual stipend, which is still enjoyed by his descendants. The district is represented as tranquil and prosperous.