436 AN ACCOUNT OF fHE 



places, some of which communicated with the gar- 

 den-houses of the nobility. 



In the year of the Hagiree 1041 (A. C. 163 1-2) 

 the Emperor Shah-Jehan founded the present city 

 and palace of Shah-Jehanabad, which he made his ca- 

 pital during the remainder of his reign. The new city 

 of Shah-Jehanabad lies on the western bank of the 

 Jumna, in latitude 28° 36' north. The city is abour 

 seven miles in circumference, and is surrounded on 

 three sides by a wall of brick and stone; a parapet 

 runs along the whole, with loopholes for musquetry; 

 but there are no cannon planted on the ramparts. The 

 city has seven gates; viz. Lahore gate, Ajmere gate, 

 Turkoman gate, Delhi gate, Moor gate, Cabul gate, 

 and Cashmere gate; all of which are built of free-. 

 stone, and have handsome arched entrances of stone, 

 where the guards of the city keep watch. Near the 

 Ajmere gate is a Madrissa, or college, erected by 

 Gh azi-u-deen Khan, nephew of Nizam-uu 

 Muoi.luck: it is built of red stone, and situated at 

 the centre of a spacious quadrangle, with a stone foun- 

 tain. At the upper end of the area is a handsome 

 mosque built of red stone, inlaid with white marble. 

 The apartments for the students are on the sides of 

 the square, divided into separate chambers, which are 

 small but commodious. The tomb of Gi-iazi is in 

 the corner 6f the square, surrounded by a shrine of 

 white marble, pierced with lattice-work. The col- 

 lege is now shut up, and without inhabitants. In the 

 neighbourhood of the Cabul gate is a garden, called 

 Tees Nuzzari Bang, in which is the tomb of the 



queen 



