AZIMGHUR', or AzrAr's FORT, a name primarily applied to a t. in India, and thence extended to its district, forming one of the n.w. provinces. 1. The t. is in lat. 26° n., and long. 83° 14' e. From Calcutta, it is 448 m. to the n.w.; from Benares, 81 to the n. ; from Allahabad, 109 to the n. e. ; and from Lucknow, 171 to the s.e. It is situated on the north-eastern Tons, a considerable offset of the Gogra, which is here crossed by a bridge of boats, and which is navigable downwards a distance of 40 m., to its confluence with the Surjoo. The t. contained, in '71, about 14,000 inhabitants, besides the troops in garrison. During the mutiny in 1857, A. was so fa* a creditable exception to the general rule of ruthless cruelty antong the insurgents. The sepoys did indeed mutiny, actuated, apparently, by a wish to appropriate a passing treasure of 7 lees of rupees, or ,C70,000 sterling. But having formed a square round their officers, and sworn to protect them, they brought carriages for them and their families, and escorted the whole 10 m.
towards Ghazeepore.-2. The district stretches in n. lat. between 25° 36' and 26° 24', and in c. long. between 82° 45' and 84° 12'. Its area is stated to be 2550 sq.m.; and its pop., '71, to be 1,531,410. This gives the average of 600 persons to the sq. mile. This excep tionally high average is the more remarkable from the circumstance that there are few, if any, populous t. In the district besides the capital. The district is low and remarkably level. The soil is fertile, excepting that a few tracts are irreclaimably barren, from being impregnated with soda, nitre, and other saline substances. Magnificent crops of rice, sugar-cane, and indigo are produced. The principal manufactures are those of silk and cotton, the value of which amounts to more than £100,000 a year.