FYZABAD, a city, district and division of British India in the United Provinces. The city stands on the left bank of the river Gogra, 78 m. by rail E. of Lucknow. Pop. To the east of Fyzabad is the ancient site of Ajodhya (q.v.). Fyzabad was founded about 173o by Sa`adat Ali Khan, the first nawab wazir of Oudh, who built a hunting-lodge here. It received its present name in the reign of his successor ; and Shuja-ud-daula, the third nawab, laid out a large town and fortified it, and here he was buried. It was afterwards the residence of the begums of Oudh. On the outbreak of the Mutiny, many of the European women and children were sheltered by one of the great land holders of Oudh, and others were sent to less disturbed parts of the country ; but the officers of the Indian garrison were almost all murdered by their own troops. Fyzabad is now a station for European as well as for Indian troops, and the headquarters of a brigade. There is a government college. Sugar refining and trade in agricultural produce are important.
The DISTRICT OF FYZABAD, lying between the two great rivers Gogra and Gumti, has an area of 1,723 sq.m. It is entirely alluvial and well wooded, and has a good climate. Pop. (1931) 1,204,789. Tanda, with a population in 1931 of 21,177, has the largest pro duction of cotton goods in Oudh.
The DIVISION OF FYZABAD has an area of 12,114 sq.m., and comprises the six districts of Fyzabad, Gonda, Bahraich, Sultan pur, Partabgarh and Bara Banki. Pop. 6,938,436.