Later Mughals v1.c8.s8.6

v1.c8.s8.6

∗ There seems to be no town or village in the Sayyids' country, or connected with them, bearing the name of Barha. Sir H. M. Elliot (Supp. Glossary, 110) speaks of the town of Barha as one plundered by Safdar Jang in 1748. On a subject so peculiarly his own, it is dangerous to contest any of that writer's statements, but unless I am much mistaken, the place so plundered was really Marahra (now in the Etah district), which lay in the course of Safdar Jang's march from Dihli to Farrukhabad, and also contains a well-known colony of Sayyids. Elphinstone (4th ed. p. 650) makes the same mistake. The Siyar-ul-mutakherin, Calcutta printed text, ii. 32; has, however, Marahra plainly enough. The error, no doubt, began with Mustapha, Siyar, iii. 83, who reads "Barr."