1870.] Notes on Old Delhi. 79 



Alsatia, and also because it was not the custom for these Pat'hans 

 to be buried within actual dwelling-houses, and I take it, the Dar- 

 ul-aman was probably such, or a row of such dwellings, possibly in 

 the form of a Sarai. Sayyid Ahmad who was perhaps unacquainted 

 with this almost contemporary statement of the Arab traveller, 

 places the tomb at Mihrauli (the Qutb) and the House of Safety 

 some miles off, close to the shrine of Nizamucl-din, where is a 

 village called Ghiaspi'ir. As is his wont, the Sayyid does not give 

 his reason for the identification, but if it rest at all on the name 

 of the village, that seems too common a one to be worth much. 



'A'dilabdd. 



This fortress, attributed to Muhammad Tughluq, lies on the 

 southern side of the tank, in which the tomb, erected by this king to 

 his father, was situated. Although on a much smaller scale, this 

 place, like Tughluqabad itself, consists of a strong fort on the 

 highest ground and an outer line of fortifications probably enclosing 

 a small town or bazar. These outer fortifications diverge from 

 the Fort wall close to the main gateway, and after enclosing a 

 considerable space of ground to the south, approach close to the 

 Fort at its east end, and then by a double line of walls cross the 

 head of the tank on an embankment and join the walls of Tugh- 

 luqabad, Inside the citadel of this place are still to be seen the 

 foundations of the palace. 



At a short distance to the west of 'Adilabacl stands another Fort 

 with its dependent fortified suburb. This place which is very much 

 smaller than even 'Adilabad, goes in the neighbourhood by the 

 unintelligible name of the Sweeper's Fort, or the Washerman's 

 Fort. Inside the Fort, and scattered over the hill on which it 

 stands, I found numerous fragments of red sandstone, showing that 

 an ornamental building of some nature had once stood within the 

 fortress, but all other traces of it have now disappeared. Both this 

 j)lace and 'Adilabad are built in the style of Tughluqabad of enor- 

 mous blocks of stone. It seems difficult to believe that Firuz 

 Tughluq succeeded the builders of these works, which embody the 

 highest ideas of simplicity joined to strength. 



