Jaunpur, the capital of a district in the North-west Provinces of India, is situated on the Gumti, here crossed by a bridge (1569–73) 712 feet in length. The former capital of a Mohammedan kingdom, Jaunpur has several splendid architectural monuments, including Ibrahim's baths (1420), mosques, and ruins of mosques and of the fort. Pop. (1881) 44,845.
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