a British district in Hindustan, within the jurisdiction of the lieutenant-governor of the N.W. provinces; comprehending an area of 3300 square miles, with a comparatively scanty amount of population, consisting of Hindus and Mohammedans. The district is intersected by the canal originally constructed by Feroz Toghlik, the renowned king of Delhi. This watercourse having become nearly obliterated, was cleared out about thirty years ago, by order of the British government, and made available for the purposes of irrigation. Towards the close of the last century, George Thomas, an Irish adventurer, made a bold attempt to establish an independent principality in Hurreeanah under his own rule. He fortified the principal town, collected troops, cast cannon, and coined money bearing his own name; but being attacked by a superior native force under the command of the French adventurer Perron, he was overpowered and forced to retire. The principal towns are Hisar and Hansee.