286 GLOSSARY 



HUMMUM. A bath, bath-house, a public bath-house. 



LALA-ZAR or LALZAR. Literally a red garden, but meaning 

 specifically a tulip garden. 



MAHAL. A palace, mansion, house. 



MALI. A gardener. 



MELA. A meeting, a fair, also a fair held at the seat of 

 some shrine for the benefit of the pilgrims. 



MIHRAB. The central niche in the wall of a mosque marking 

 the direction of Mecca. 



MISTRI. A master craftsman. 



PUJA. An act of devotion, of sacrifice. 



SANAD. A deed or written grant, a charter. 



SHIKARA. A small boat used in Kashmir on the rivers and 

 lakes. 



TAJ. Literally a cap, a crown, the word being the second 

 syllable of the name of the favourite wife of Shah 

 Jahan, the immortal Mumtaz-i-Mahal, the Ornament of 

 the Palace ; and her name being given to her sepulchral 

 cenotaph at Agra, the word Taj gradually came to 

 denominate any mausoleum. 



