RAE BARELI  , a town and district of British India, in the Lucknow division of the United Provinces . The town is on the river Sai, 48 m . S.E. of Lucknow, on the Oudh & Rohilkhand railway . Pop . (19or) 15,880 . It possesses many architectural features, chief of which is a strong and spacious fort erected in 1403, and constructed of bricks 2 ft. long by r ft. thick and 11 wide . Among other ancient buildings are the magnificent palace and tomb of nawab Jahan Khan, governor in the time of Shah Jahan, and four fine mosques . The town is an important centre of trade, and muslins and cotton cloth are woven . The DISTRICT of RAE BARELI has an area of 1748 sq. m . The general aspect of the district is slightly undulating, and the country is beautifully wooded . The soil is remarkably fertile, and the cultivation of a high class . The principal rivers of the district are the Ganges and the Sai: the former skirts it for J4 miles and is everywhere navigable for boats of 40 tons; the latter traverses it from N.W. to S.E .

In 1901 the

population was 1,033,761, showing a slight decrease during the decade . The principal crops are rice, pulse, wheat, barley, millet and poppy . Rae Bareli town is connected with Lucknow by a branch of the Oudh & Rohilkhand railway, which in 1898 was extended to Benares . See Rae Bareli District Gazetteer, Allahabad, 1905 .