Vol. VIII, No. 7.] Firoz Shah’s Tunnels at Delhi. 281 
[N.S.] 
Makani was an Armenian wife of Akbar’s,—in both of which 
points he will fail, we fear,—now hints the existence of 
other tunnels. Writing from Moradabad, April 11th, 1912, 
to the Statesman, Calcutta (cf. April 17th, 1912), he asks 
[Agra]? Whose two tombs are these? From that place be- 
gins the subterranean passage to the Agra Fort, to Delhi, and 
some say to Allahabad as well. Abul Fazl or Badayuni could 
state.’! But would that prove its non-existence when it does 
exist even to-day? Who conceived the idea, carried out the 
work, and had charge of it but those who had similar ones 
under the Arav river in their Fatherland [i.e., Armenians] ? 
golden pillar. But Father Monserrate must be understood to 
have described the Jahannuma or Kushk-i-Shikar and the pillar 
there.” The difficulty felt at p. 105, ». 2, remains. According 
to the din, the length of the tunnel from the Jahannuma to 
the Kotila, for so we interpret the passage, was two kos ; from 
the Kotila to Old Delhi it was three kos (J arrett’s translation, 
II, p. 279) or five kos (Blochmann’s Persian text, TI, 513-514). 
Hence the total length was between five and seven kos. The 
length of the tunnel, up to Oid Delhi, according to Monser- 
rate, was 40 stadia or 43 miles, while the distance from 
the Jahannuma to Delhi was about three miles, Old Delhi 
lying about 32 stadia or 3: miles from the new town. e 
cannot determine from what point Monserrate starts his 
measurements between Old and New Delhi. Whether the 
numa to the Kotila, it is difficult to see. All we can say is that 
his measurements do not appear to take in the total length of 
both. 
1 Abul Fazl does mention the Delhi tunnels. 
2 Length of pillar, according to Monserrate: 30 feet; thickness : 
5 feet. Sir Alexander Cunningham’s measurements are: length, 32% 
feet; upper diameter, 294 inches ; lower diameter, 35°82 inches ; dia- 
meter of the rough thick end, 38 inches. 
3 T have to thank Mr. J. P. Thompson for this reference. 
