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queen Malka-Zemani, wife of the emperor Mo- 

 hummud Shah : a marble tablet, placed at the head 

 of the grave, is engraved with some Persian coupl et9 

 informing us of the date of her death, which happen- 

 ed five years since, -ami. Hagiree 1203. Near this omb 

 is another, of the princess Zeebul Nissaii Be i.gum, 

 daughter of A ur un gze be. On a rising ground rear 

 this garden, from whence there is a fine prospect of 

 Shab Jehanabad, are two broken columns of brown 

 granate, eight feet high, and two and a half in breadth, 

 on which are inscriptions in an ancient character. 



Within the city of new Delhi are the remains of 

 many splendid palaces, belonging to the great Om- 

 rahs of the empire. Among the largest are those of 

 Kummer-u-deen Khan, Vizier to Mo H U M M U D 

 Shah ; Ali Mirdan Khan, the Persian; the Nabob 

 Ghazi-u-deen Khan; Sefdur Jun g's ; the gar- 

 den of Coodseah Begum, mother to Mghummud 

 Shah; the palace of Sadut Khan; and that of 

 Sultan Darah Shekoah. All these palaces are 

 surrounded with hi^h walls, and take up a consider- 

 able space of ground. Their entrances are through 

 lofty arched gateways of brick and stone, at the top 

 of which are the galleries for music : before each is a 

 spacious court-yard for the elephants, horses, and af- 

 ter aants of the visitors. Each palace has likewise a 

 Mahal \ or Seraglio, adjoining ; which is separated 

 from the Dezvau Khaua by a partition-wall, and com- 

 municates by means of private passages. AH of 

 them had gardens with capacious stone reservoirs 

 and fountains in the centre; an ample terrace extend- 

 ed round the whole of each particular palace; and 



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