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mofquesj caravanferas and ediUces of every defcription whic h 

 exhibits^ it mud have been one;iiof the grcateft Cities in India. '■' ' 

 was formerly divided into fe^'eral puras or quarters. One of thcie 

 Shah'piira is alone 6 miks in circumference^ and is faid to have 

 contained an hundred thoufand buildings. It lies fouth-weft of 

 fehe Fortg and being that part of the City which was laft builfg 

 the remains of its walls and flreets are ftill perceptiblej and it is 

 di ilinguilhed by feveral monuments of ancient grandeur, whofe 

 durability has refilled the havock of time. To the fouth-weft of 

 this quarter is Jfzal-pura and next to that Ibrahim-pura. Of fehe 

 former, there are no remains biat tombs, mofques &c. which is 

 the cafe with the other^ excepting that part nioft contiguQus ta 

 the Fort, which has been repaired and forms the prefeat Pcttak. 

 On. the ruins of die fouth-weilern extremity of the old City, now 

 ftands a walled town called Turwai^ about two miles from the 

 Fort, m which there are aiany buildings worth feeing. 





jdlye The moil confpicuous objed within the Fort is the 

 ylakbara (f) of Sultan Muhammed the laft independent fovereign 

 of the Aadil-Shahi dynaPcy. This {lately building is 150 feet fquare 

 m the infide, and including the dome lapwards of a5o feet high. The 

 diameter of this dome, i take to benotiefs than J30 (g) feet; its 

 ibicknefs I afcertained by meafurernent to be 9 feet, and as its 

 ftjape is femicircular, its perpendicular height is of courfe 6^ feet. 

 The diameter in its concavity has been eftimated at 317 feet, but 

 «s I afccnded to the top of the building, I found that the diameter 

 of the outer circle was equal to the inner width of the building, from 

 vvhich by fobtra6ling doable the thicknefs of the dome, its inner 

 <iiameter was at once ascertained. There is a circular ledge 12 feet 



(J) Literally " Place of burial," and applifd to (he 'I'ombs of Kin^s and Nobles, 



;!,') Oa!j 10 feet less ihau the diameter of the Capoh of Sj, retej'j. 



