Maghar

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Maghar

This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Village in the Khahlabad tahsil of Basti District, United Provinces, situated in 26° 45' N. and 83° 8' E., on the Bengal and North- Western Railway and on the road from Gorakhpur to Fyzabad. Population (1901), 2,633. The village is celebrated as containing the tomb of Kabir, the religious reformer, who is acknowledged as a prophet or saint by both Muhammadans and Hindus. The tomb is said to have been built about 1450 ; but the original building was replaced or restored by Nawab Fidae Khan in Akbar's reign. Maghar was occupied from the close of the seventeenth century by a Muham- madan garrison, and under the Oudh government was an important military post up to the cession in 1801.