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city of supposed great antiquity, and tlie seat 

 of Government of Upper Sindh, as Brahmin a- 

 bad was of Lower Sindh, prior to the Ma- 

 homedan invasion in the year of the Hegiree 93. 

 Abul Fazel in reference to this latter place 

 says, " In ancient times the capital was Brah- 

 minabad, which was then a very populous city. 

 The fort had 1400 bastions, a tenab distant 

 from each other; and to this day there are 

 considerable vestiges of this fortification." I 

 imagine that this must have reference to the 

 ruins of Kullian Kot, near Tatta, ^nd that 

 time and distance must have rather magnified 

 the extent of tliese fortifications in the imagina- 

 tion of the Emperor Acbar's wise minister. 

 Some, however, believe that Bambura, a ruined 

 city in tlie Delta, is the site of Brahminabad. 

 Amongst tlie ruins nothing is worthy of notice, 

 save an edifice called the mosque of Alumgeer, 

 and the tombs of two holy Seyuds which are 

 held in great veneration, Shukur Gunj Shah 

 and Khallfah Kootoobudeen Shah. The me- 

 mory of the former is held in reverent regard 

 by the people of the country around, who make 

 a pilgrimage to his tomb twice a month. These 

 Zeyaruts being to the great advantage of the 



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