FAIZABAD, a division in British India comprising the districts of Faiztibtid, Gonda, and Bharaich; 7,671 sq.m.; pop. '68, 3,379,262, of whom 3,028,502 were Hindus.
FAIZAILiD, a district in Oude, British India, between the Gogra and Gumti rivers; 1649 sq.m.; pop. 1,024,092. Ajodbya, the capital of the ancient kingdom of Oude, so conspicuous in the Sanscrit epics, is in this district. In more modern times the district was the center of the nawab vizier's influence, and contained his capital until the removal of his court to Lucknow in 1775. The district is intersected by the Oude and Rohilcund railroad, and has important trade in rice, wheat, sugar, indigo, opium, etc.
FAiziriAD, a city, the administrative headquarters in the district of the same name, on the Gogra river, India. A suburb of the city is the old Ajodbyti, the ancient capital of king Daswratlia, the father of Rtima, the hero of R5miiyanii. Of this ancient city, said to have covered a large area, scarcely a trace remains. The city of Faizaba.d was founded about 1730 by Ali Klitin, the first nawab of Oude, who made it his capital. The place rapidly grew in importance until 1775, when the court of Oude was removed to Lucknow. It then rapidly decayed, all the leading merchants, bankers, etc., aban doning the place. In 1839, Butter estimated its pop. at 100,000, but fast diminishing, owing to the exactions and oppressions by the native officials of the nawilb's government.
At the time of the census in 1869, Faizabtid contained only 37,804 inhabitants; but it is now again advancing in prosperity, and is rapidly becoming au emporium of trade. At the time of the annexation of Oinie in 1856, Faizatid was made, and still continues to be, a large military station. On the outbreak Of the mutiny in 1857, the cantonment contained two regiments of infantry, a squadron of cavalry, and a light field battery of artillery—all natives. Owing to their threatening demeanor after the Meerut massacre, many of the European ladies and children were sheltered by one of the great landholders of Oude, and others were sent forward to less disturbed parts of the country. The troops rose, as was anticipated, and although they at first permitted their officers to take boats and proceed towards Dinapur, a message was afterwards sent to a rebel force lower down the river to intercept the fugitives. Of four boats, one succeeded in reaching Dinapur safely, having passed the rebels unnoticed. Of the occupants of the other three boats, one person alone escaped. FaizAbdil is now a station for European as well as native troops.—[Condensed from Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed.]