Jaunpur

Jaunpur may refer to:

Jaunpur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Jaunpur is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh.

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Coordinates: 25°44′N 82°40′E / 25.74°N 82.67°E / 25.74; 82.67

Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh

Jaunpur (Hindustani pronunciation: [dʒɔːnːpʊr]) Hindi: जौ नपुर, Urdu: جون پور‎ is a city and a municipal board in Jaunpur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Jaunpur is located to the northwest of the district of Varanasi in the eastern part of the North Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Demographically, Jaunpur resembles the rest of the Purvanchal area in which it is located: a primarily rural agricultural population with low human development index.

History

Jaunpur historically known as Sheeraz-e-Hind having its historical dates from 1359, when the city was founded by the Sultan of Delhi Feroz Shah Tughlaq and named in memory of his cousin, Muhammad bin Tughluq, whose given name was Jauna Khan. In 1388, Feroz Shah Tughlaq appointed Malik Sarwar, an eunuch, who is notorious for having been the lover of Feroz Shah Tughlaq's daughter, as the governor of the region. The Sultanate was in disarray because of factional fighting for power, and in 1393 Malik Sarwar declared independence. He and his adopted son Mubarak Shah founded what came to be known as the Sharqi dynasty (dynasty of the East). During the Sharqi period the Jaunpur Sultanate was a strong military power in Northern India, and on several occasions threatened the Delhi Sultanate.