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fmall variegated Rones which you fometimes fee inlaid in the pave- 

 ment in front of dargaks, is con fide red very vahiable, and water 

 lubbed on it is fuppofed to have fome medicinal virtue ; this fpecies 

 oiHonQiscaWed Seng'i-Sumdk, 



In a hand fome flreet leading from the eaftern : gate- way of the 

 ,C^itadel to the Jami Masjid^ are the remains of a grand ftate prifon, 

 •and a mint. There is alfo a lofty building of three iloxies, with a 

 jnofque adjoining it^ con ilruded of black fione very elegantly carv- 

 ed iii fome places. This was ereded by a fweeper or mih(ef\ who 

 mufl:, have been what this name literally imports, for fuch a work 

 would not be difcreditable to,a prince. You fee the ruins of many 

 Xpiendid houfes built by Oinrahs of the court, with adjoining mof- 

 ques, courts &c. The mofi confpicuous amongil them is the man lion 

 of Mustafa Koan, ?.n eminent nobleman in the reign of Ali AAdil- 

 Shah'," 



. The Fort is abundantly fupplied with water by aquedu61s from 

 TurwdK the Begam Tdldb, and other refervoirs on the fouthern 

 ,.iide of itj and by a number of fine Wells, the principal of which have 

 been defcnbed. Th^ Begam. Tdlib is now out of order, and mofi 

 •Of the other .tanks were dellroyed in the lad reign of this fovereign« 

 It, in order to prevent an enemy' from fitting long before the place. 



The dim.enfions of the large guu^ called Md/ic-i-Maiddn^(v] or *' mafl. 

 -.tet-Qf-the- field" are corre^Sly given by Major Mooa (s) It was 

 .not -however, as he dates, cad by Aurengzeb. This immenfe piece of 

 ordnance was made by Ru.'mi Khan, a' Turkifh officer of one' 

 •of the Nizam Shahs,, and fell into the hands of Sultan I\Iu- 

 h'ammed of Bijapur^ who Had engraved upon' it in Perfian this 



(r_) U is of illie comj,'osi4io0 callsd Fuckrupee oir of five metals. 

 it) ^ 3S2. 



