Kara-Manikpur

Kara-Manikpurwas asubah(province) inMedieval India.It consisted of two strongholds:KaraandManikpur,located on opposite sides of the riverGanges,in what is now the state ofUttar Pradesh.

In the eleventh century, the warrior saint ofIslam,Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud,defeated the princes of Manikpur and Kara, but Muslim rule was not established till the defeat ofJayachandrabyMuhammad Ghori.Manikpur and Kara were important seats of government in the early Muslim period.Alauddin Khaljiwas governor there, before he gained the throne ofDelhiby murdering his uncle on the sands of the river between Manikpur and Kara.

In the fifteenth century, the district came under the rule of the Sharqi kings ofJaunpurand, after its restoration to Delhi, theRajputchiefs and the Muslim governors were frequently in revolt. The Afghans long retained their hold on the district, and early in the reign ofAkbar(mid-16th century), the governor of Manikpur rebelled. In 1580, Akbar reorganized his empire into 12Subahsand combined the provinces ofJaunpur Sultanate,Kara-Manikpur and territory ofBandhogarhinto theSubah of Ilahabad.

It is still calledKara-Manikpur,even though Kara now falls inKaushambi district,while Manikpur has become a part ofPratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh.