Meer Hassan Ali, B.: Observations on the Mussulmauns of India: descriptive of their manners, customs, habits, and religious opinions ; made during a twelve years residence in their immediate Society (Band 2) (London, 1832)

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LETTER XX.

Delhi.—Description of the city.—Marble hall.—The Queen's
Mahul (palace).—Audience with the King and Queen.—
Conversation with them.—Character of their Majesties.—
Visit to a Muckburrah.—Soobadhaars.—The nature of the
office.—Durgah of Shah Nizaam ood deen.—Tomb of
Shah Allum.—Ruins in the vicinity of Delhi.—Antique
pillars (Kootub.)—Prospect from its galleries.—Anec-
dotes of Juangheer and Khareem Zund.

My visit to Delhi, once the great capital of
Hindoostaun, and the residence of the great
Sultauns, has made impressions of a lasting
kind, and presented a moral lesson to my mind,
I should be sorry to forget in after years;
for there I witnessed the tombs of righteous
men in perfect repair after the lapse of many
centuries, standing in the midst of the moulder-
ing relics of kings, princes, and nobles, many
of whose career, we learn from history, was com-