100 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. (April, 1911. 
religion and [true] charity. 
«‘The ornaments of Deli are its public edifices, the 
citadel in particular, which was built by Eamaum, the wall 
surrounding the city, and several temples [mosques ?], especially 
that which King Peruz [Firdz Shah, 1351—1388]is said to have 
made. It is a magnificent structure, built of white marble, 
excellently polished. The mortar, which is dazzling white,— 
a mixture of lime and milk, instead of water,—makes it shine 
like a mirror. This mixture of milk and lime binds the parts 
ways of stone (lapides stravit) over marshy and boggy places; 
in a word he left nothing undone that tended to magnificence 
and public comfort. 
et qui lui coata quinze lakhs de roupies. Depuis lors i] a servi de 
sépulture aux membres de la maison royale de Timur.’? For a descrip- 
tion of the mausoleum and garden, see ibi 
_ _1 Cf, SarvaD Auman Kuan, cp. cit., Pt. II, Ch. 64, or Jour. Asiat., 
5e Seric, Vol. Ce 
la tor aytn, en l an 6 du régne d’ Akbar, 968 de 
Vhégire (1560 de J. C.). Cet édifice servit & see trois cents Arabes, 
pg a fut ainsi qu’on le nomma le caravansérail des Arabes (’Arab 
expression is strong, but the meanin 
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