Riyaz al-salatin 24: Sarkars North and East of the Ganges.

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1. Sarkar Lakhnauti or Jennatabad extending from Teliagadhi (near Colgong), including a few mahals now belonging to Bhagalpur and Purneah districts, and the whole of Maldah district. Sixty-six mahals ; khalsa revenue, Rs. 4,71,174.
2. Sarkar Purneah, comprising a great portion of the present district of Purneah, as far as the Mahananda. Nine mahals ; revenue Rs. 1,60,219.
3. Sarkar Tajpur, extending over eastern Purneah, east of the Mahananda and western Dinajpur. Twenty-nine mahals; revenue Rs. 1,62,096.
4. Sarkar Panjrah, north-east of the town of Dinajpur, comprising a large part of Dinajpur district. Twenty-one mahals ; revenue Rs. 1,45,081.
5. Sarkar Ghoraghat, comprising portions of Dinajpur, Rangpur, and Bogra districts, as far as the Brahmaputra. Eighty-four mahals ; revenue Rs. 2,02,077.
6. Sarkar Barbakabad, comprising portions of Maldah, Dinajpur and large portions of Rajshahi and Bogra. Thirty-eight mahals; revenue Rs. 4,36,288.
7. Sarkar Bazuha comprising portions of Rajshahi, Bogra, Pabna, Maimansingh, and reaching a little beyond the town of Dacca in the south. Thirty-two mahals ; revenue Rs. 9,87,921.
8. Sirkar Silhat. Eight mahals ; revenue Rs. 1,67,032.
9. Sarkar Sunargaon, extending to both sides of the Megna and the Brahmaputra, including portions of western Tipperah, eastern Dacca, Maimansingh and Noakhali. Fifty-two mahals ; revenue Rs. 2,58,283. — (See also Dr. Wise's ' note on Sunargaon,' J.A.S., 1874, No. 1, p. 82).
10. Sarkar Chatgam. Seven mahals ; revenue, Rs. 2,85,607.