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ceptible where the (tones join. - Every- houfe in the FiDrt and Citv- 

 is buli't of {lone. The ftyle of archited-ure here is. much fuperior 

 to any fpeciraef], that I- have feen inhdu. The dom.Ca, arches arid 

 Eninarets, and^the ornamental ■work, are 'A\ exeouted in the bef«: 

 iaile, and- really prefent-Sne rp.eckiK^n-s-o§ the arb The gildiao- and 

 enamel is very s-niich ia £he Periian llylei. and. the-re are- fome haildo 

 ings, which appear to be con (Iruded- after the Turkifli, fafiiion. It 

 ■Will be Fecolleded, thafe th€ fovefeigos^ of tvhis eotirt-were of , Tork» 

 i-fh defceofe^' and £ha£. tJse greated. part of= the nobility w^re, Torkt, 

 ^eriian^j^and Tartars. There- wem alio - many, foreign artifts in the 

 fervice- of.the. Coui%. wbo^ no doubt. introdaGed;,the.. ilyie of boiid- 

 log and decoration prevalent in their own countries. F.brishta refares^ 

 that the Erfl: Sultan -Yusuf-Aadsl.^ Shah, invited many emmeot artids 

 '^■■■from- F^rfia^ '"Tar tary, ^nd.: Turkey, to. his court, . and _ rn.^,de them ^ 

 *^eafy undei- the fede of his.bo.untyj, and that his fucceilor Ismael., 

 ^^ wa;-; himfeif a complete artifl in painting and varnifbing/' Thefc two.- 

 Sultans, with,the3d. lB-^i,iiiM,5,'wcic., bariedat Gooke^ aboat6C'of&. 



I. regret that. I.^rnunabJe to- rende-r tHe p;iecedi'ng defcription- more^- 

 intereding by defigns of the p.risicipal, buildings, and b'y copies of', 

 infciiptions,, wh.ich, on. manyr accounts are v.dqable.o The obje6i of 

 this imperfeQ: account, is to at{.ra6l. the traveller and. the artift to this. 

 Boble City., before th€ mp.id' prosTefs. of dilapid-rition- ihall have lefg 

 only the veftiges of *it^s ancient j:;randearv .The -one will here find a 

 wide field for obfervation and 'retlsctiooy and- the other- will have full 

 feope^to the-employmcnt ofhis. pencil ;-find'-rh-ooUi the peblic hereafter 

 ibe favored with a more accurate defcnption in B'jjnpur^ and^wiih re- 

 prefemations of it's raoft eleganc-ftracturesv \ ihall be h^ppj m having; 

 co--ntributed by this humble e-fiort to refcjie frorrt oblivion-, the (likl. 



eiidid remains of one of .the eooU; magni&ceat - Cities oi ladiao . 



