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ruins of the Kushak Shikar the distance is 3J- miles, and from the 

 same point to Humayun's tomb the distance is exactly 3 miles. But 

 as Purchas, on the authority of other English travellers, states that 

 Humayun's tomb was in the city of Shir Shah Salim, the south gate 

 of the city must have been somewhere beyond the tomb. The distance, 

 however, could not have been great, as Finch mentions that " a short 

 way from Delhi is a stone bridge of 11 arches," which is clearly the 

 long massive bridge of 11 arches, that is now called Bar a JPul or 

 the " Great Bridge. " # The south gate of Shir Shah's city must 

 therefore have been somewhere between the Bar a Put and Humayun's 

 tomb. The east wall of the city is determined by the line of the high 

 bank of the Jumna, which formerly ran due south from Firuz Shah's 

 Kotila towards Humayun's tomb. On the west the boundary line of 

 the city can be traced along the bank of a torrent bed, which runs 

 southward from the Ajmer Grate of Shahjahanabad, and parallel to the 

 old course of the Jumna, at a distance of rather more than 1 mile. 

 The whole circuit of the city walls was therefore close upon 9 miles, 

 or nearly double that of the modern Shahjahanabad. 



144*. The small fort of Salinigarh was built by Salim Shah, the 

 son of Shir Shah in A. H. 953, or A. D. 1546. It is situated at the 

 north end of Shahjahan's Palace, after the building of which it was 

 used only as a state prison. It is not quite one quarter of a mile in 

 length, and the whole circuit of its walls is only of three quarters of a 

 mile. It stands on an island close to the west bank of the river, and with 

 its lofty towers and massive walls, forms a most picturesque object from 

 the opposite side of the Jumna. A bridge of five arches was built in front 

 of the South Gate by Jahangir, after whom the name of the place was 

 changed to Nurgarh according to Syad Ahmad. But the old name of 

 Salimgarh has prevailed, and is the only one that I have ever heard 

 used by the people, either educated or uneducated. 



145. The tomb of Humayun is too well known to need any detailed 

 description, unless illustrated by pictorial representations, which will 

 more appropriately accompany my proposed account of Muhammadan 



* Syad Ahmad writes the name .B draft Palah, or the " 12 arches," and states 

 that the bridge was built in A. H 1021, which began on 23rd February 

 1612. But there is probably a mistake of one year in this date, which' 

 I think, should be A. H. 1020, or A. D. 1611. This would agree with 

 Finch's date of 16th January, 1611, or properly 1612, according to our 

 present reckoning. 



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