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tion and waste rarely to be equalled, this effect being 
heightened in no common degree by the substantial 
though neglected state of the building ; 
All tenantless, save to the crannying wind. 
The King’s Fort is also upon the north bank of the 
river, and consists of an enormous mass of building, 
rising pile above pile to the citadel, which crowns 
the summit. The historian Ferishta affirms that it 
was built by Meeran Adil Kahn, who came to the 
throne of Kandeish in a. d. 1457, and was one of 
the most powerful monarchs of the Farookhi dynasty. 
The gigantic monument which he has here raised to 
his own memory, is calculated to endure for ages, 
yet to come, as a proof of the grandeur of his mind, 
and of the power and wealth by which he was 
enabled to display it. 
The citadel, though less ponderous than other 
parts of the fort, is not the least peculiar of its fea- 
tures, being constructed in a succession of massive 
arcades, towering one above the other to a giddy 
height, upon the very summit of which the royal 
founder had raised his seraglio, and probably his 
own private palace. The several arcades which 
form the lofty foundation of this seraglio could 
hardly have been intended for occupation, except, 
perhaps, for the guards and menials ; the interior 
being laid out in a succession of small, dark apart- 
ments, which have more the appearance of dungeons 
