Delhi Volume 4 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 Excerpt: ...east to west, from"") the Changa-modi Gate to the pontoon V 11,500 feet, bridge... J If to the latter we add the distance from Hajipura to the river near the Taj, which is about two miles, or ten thonsand five hundred and sixty (10,660) feet, it will make the total amount of wall destroyed, or not existing, about forty-three thousand two hundred and forty-nine (43,249) feet, or, say, 43,260 feet. 18,700 feet. Length of Agra from north to south, from" commencement of the wall at the bank of the river in the Khatik's garden near Jafar Khan's mausoleum to Hajipura, two miles south of the Taj... Thus the circumference of Agrah, or Akbarabad, within the walls may be estimated at about 9j miles, which would give an area of about square miles. On the inner side of a fragment of the city wall, which is still standing near the point where the Shahganj Road meets the Mall, and close to the south side of the spot where the Ajmer Gate lately stood, there is an inscription on stone let into the wall over a small praying place, or Masid. It is in three lines, of which the first two lines are in Arabic, being a quotation from the Koran, and the third or last line is in Persian, stating the name of the person who caused the stone to be inscribed, and for what purpose, and the date. This inscription reads as follows: --gi lj oJj-aJI U jJ Uj ZL- US fyisi) J y& S eJ) S Jjl'i kxsi Sj ftal-fi fi " "J Lf-' j Uyliia. V tjejW ) o' UU) SI &lc ei Some time ago, I happened to send an impression of this inscription to Mr. Blochmann (Honorary Secretary to the Asiatic Society of Bengal), who was collecting Muhammadan inscriptions, and he kindly favoured me in return with a translation of the last line of the inscription, which is in the Persian. The ...