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scribed. . Jumma-musjed at Ahmed-abad, its uncommon grandeur and extent. . 

 tomb of sultan A limed. . mosques of Snjaatt Khaun. . ivory mosque. . dreadful 

 heat. . public wells and aqueducts. . palaces and gardens. . city of dust., banian 

 hospital. . gold formerly coined there. . public huramums. . news writers. . Kokarea 

 uncommon palmyra. . Dutch burying-ground. . Dutch and English factories., 

 trade at that time. . manufactures. . artists. . Persian and Mosrul beauties. . nurses 

 in India. . mausoleums and mosque at Sercaze. . palace and gardens at Shah- 

 Bliaug. . park and pleasure-grounds. . Zenana, .arrangement in Akber's haram.. 

 Damascus rose. . ottar of roses. . Nurse's well, a most costly structure. . sepulchres 

 of Mahomedan nurses. . Narwallee, the ancient capital of Guzerat. . conquered by 

 Afghans, .indolent and peaceable character of the Hindoos, .became an easy 

 conquest to these northern invaders. . immense plunder, .splendid taste of their 

 monarchs. .the celestial bride, a gorgeous temple erected by sultan Mahmood.. 

 Afghans conquered by the Mogul Tartars, .character of Timur-Lung. .his dread- 

 ful cruelty in the massacre at Delhi, .his posterity to the beginning of the eigh- 

 teenth century. . declining state of the empire, and usurpation of the nabobs. . 

 the cause of Ahmed-abad and Cambay becoming independent. . Alimed-abad 

 conquered by the Mahrattas. . nabob flies to Cambay, and pays tribute to that 

 power. . taken by the English under General Goddard. . Ayeen Akbery. . Akber. . 

 Abul Fazel. .his sublime and beautiful preface to the Institutes of Akber. .succes- 

 sors to that emperor. . splendid taste of the Mogul princes. . the Dewane-khass, a 

 magnificent hall in the palace of Shah Allum, described. . reflections on the 

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Departure from Ahmedabad. . visit the mosques and tombs at Peerana. . Dolcah, a 

 large and strong town. . Cusbattees on military tenure, .beauty of the country., 

 depredations of the Coolies. . Buvsora. . return to Cambay. .summer palaces and 

 gardens. . palace in Cuttek. . correspondence with Mirza Zummaun, vizier of 

 Cambay, when disgraced by the nabob. . Siddees and attendants on the nabob. . 

 slavery in India, .portrait of an Asiatic sovereign, .cruelty of zemindars and offi- 

 cers of government. . purchase of slaves, .nabob's entertainment at Dil Gusha. . 

 gardens, .temple of fountains. . luxury of an oriental evening, .pavilions. . danc- 

 ing-girls. . songs. . poetry. . Persian stanzas and distichs. . Persian feast. . professed 



