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the centre of which wss to '.- .' been reared a dome, fuiuble k 

 magnitode of the buildiag, ■ h had it been finiflied would ]..;■- 

 been a njore flopendous wcj\. ., lan the Mau (oleum of MuH'AMR-r^o, 

 But eveo in its p.refent, ftct-, i? is.a grand objeO:, and from the it yk 

 of the arches has fome refemblance at a diilance to a fplendid Go '.i :- 

 Uruflore in roingo 



Secander the laft forereign of this dynafly, who yielded the 

 Fort and his perfon to Aurengzeb, lies under, a mean tomb- (lone, like 

 that of Tan AH -Shah (o) at Bauza ; and the fepulchres of both thefe 

 royal captives afford a melancholy exhibition of the indability of hu^ 

 man greatnefs. Near this building are the TdjBauri, a moft capacious 

 Well conftrufted by Senbd-ul Mulc, an eunuch of Ibrahim's court, 

 the tombs of Abdul Reza, and his fon, celebrated fakirs in his reign, 

 the fepulchre of Au rengz^b's daughter (queen, he fays) Sec. The 

 agates and pavement of the latter, with the greateft part of the 

 marble railing round the tomb have been removed by facrilegious 

 hands lince Moor vifited it. There is another Weil near the north- 

 weflern angle of the Fort very little inferior to the Taj-BaurL 

 It is the wotk of Chand Bibi, the wife of ALi-AADiL-Shah, and 

 daughter of one of the Nizam Shahi fovereigns, who in the reign 

 of Ibrahim 2d, repaired to her brother's court, and defended Jkniad" 

 nagar lo gallantly againft Sultan-Murad ; and whofe heroifm 

 received fo ju ft a tribute from the pen of Ferishta. On one fide 

 of this fine Well is a neat little mofque. The Uperi Burj or lofty 

 cavalier infide of the Fort was built by H yder Khan, a noble in the 

 court of Ibrahlm AAdil-Shah \ ft. There is a fmall but neat building 

 called the Kadam i'RaJul, but vulgarly and' improperly fo, as it is 

 fuppoied to have contained a few precious hairs of the prophet's 

 beard, not an, impreffion of his foot; Muh'ammed Shah removed 



(o) The last King of the Kuts Shahi d^'nasty of 6'fi/co«tia, taken prisoner by Aubengze: 



