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On tJie Antiquities of Guzerat. 



[No. 4, 



The fort of those days is now hardly traceable, for it was renewed on 

 a large scale in the early days of Sikh rule, by Sirdar Goojur Singh. 

 The usual Imperial adjuncts, however, of a Baolee, Musjidand Hum- 

 maam, or at least the first and last, still exist and are in use at the 

 present time. The fort is now much hemmed in by houses and streets, 

 Its walls are 20 to 35 feet in height ; it has only two entrances 

 and would still prove a considerable defence against an unscientific 

 enemy. 



The place grew in importance as time went on, but chiefly during 

 the reign of the Emperor Shah Jehan. It then happened that a Pir 

 of great virtue and sanctity, named Shah Dowla, took up his residence 

 here. As the offerings made to him were large, so was his expendi- 

 ture lavish, and a good deal was laid out on the improvement of the 

 town and suburbs. There are yet to be seen the remains of a via- 

 duct built of brick arches, and which seem to have extended from the 

 north to the north east of the city, but whose use is not very 

 apparent. 



Hailan.- — There are some extensive, and as reputed, very old ruins 

 at Hailan, but nothing is known to determine their former history with 

 any exactness. Some coins have been picked up among the ruins 

 bearing the date of the 8th century Hijree, but nothing earlier than 

 the Mahomedan times has been discovered. There is a large tomb 

 still in very good order. Slabs are let into the walls bearing inscrip- 

 tions. It appears to be the Tomb of Mirza Shaik Ullee Beg, an 

 Ameer of the Emperor Akbur, who was killed in an encounter with the 

 Grhukkurs ; it is dated 999 Hijree. He founded a village close to 

 Hailan, still called after him, Shaikh Ulleepoor, and possessed by his 

 Mogul descendants. 



Patu Kothee. — This is a very old ruin situated on the banks of 

 the Jaba Nullah, at the foot of the Pubbee in Zail Kurriahe. The 

 natives can give no information of its origin or use. It is of 

 no great extent, but is reputed to be part of an old, perhaps 

 buried city ; the bricks are of a large model, one foot square and three 

 inches thick, such as are never found in buildings posterior to Maho- 

 medan rule, and very finely burnt ; unfortunately no researches hitherto 

 have -succeeded in finding inscriptions of any kind. The bricks have 

 often a mark in them a,s if described with the finger round the thumb 

 as a pivot. 



