Shahabad

BUXAR, or BAXAR, a town of India, in the district of Shahabad, Bengal, on the south bank of the Ganges, and on the East Indian railway.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various

Once lords of the Gangetic provinces, they are now found in Shahabad and other Bihar Districts only holding the meanest offices or concealing themselves in the woods skirting the hills occupied by their cousins, the Kharwars; but in Palamau they retained till a recent period the position they had lost elsewhere.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894

On two occasions, once when they entered Gujarat in 1808-9 and again in 1812 when the Bengal provinces of Mirzapur and Shahabad were devastated, they penetrated into our immediate territories.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894

Cheros and Sawaras were considered by the Brahmans of Shahabad as impure or Mlechchas, but the Harihas are reported good Kshatriyas.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894

The Cheros were expelled from Shahabad, some say by the Sawaras (Saonrs), some say by a tribe called Hariha; and the date of their expulsion is conjectured to be between the fifth and sixth centuries of the Christian era.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894

Buchanan states that a Panwar dynasty ruled for a considerable period over the territory of Shahabad in Bengal.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894

The two fore legs of my elephant went down yesterday morning into a deep pit made by them, but concealed by the new road, which has been made over it for the occasion of my visit near Shahabad, and it was with some difficulty that he extricated them.

A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II William Sleeman 1822

The country, from Sandee and Shahabad to the rivers Ganges and

A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II William Sleeman 1822

Palee is a good place for a cantonment, or seat of public civil establishments, and Shahabad is no less so.

A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II William Sleeman 1822

Moosulman population of Shahabad; and insolence and impunity with which they oppress the Hindoos of the town.

A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II William Sleeman 1822