Faizabad or Fyzabad [key], city, Uttar Pradesh state, N central India, on the Ghaghara River. It forms a municipal corporation with Ayodhya. A district administrative center and market city, Faizabad trades in local produce and has sugar refineries. A government college is in the city and a military cantonment on the outskirts. Faizabad was the capital (1724–75) of the kingdom of Oudh (1724–1856). The mausoleum (c.1816) of a royal consort is in the city.
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