The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-08-11 00:00:00

Accom or MODERN 0.1.1 U

In the year 1631, tire Emperor Shah Jehan found-
ed the present city and palace of Sliali.;ehanabad,
now called Delhi, which he made his capital during
the remainder of his reign. The new city of Shah-
hariabad het. on the western hank of the Jumna, in
laltitude 28. 36. north. The city is about seven
miles in circumference, and is surrounded on three
sides by a wall of brick and stone, a parapet runs
along the A% hale, but there are no c•tnnon planted
on the ramptuts. The city has seven gates,
La-
hole-gate, Delhi-gate, Ajimere-gate, Turk oman-
gate. Moor-gate, Labul-gate, and Cashmere-gate ;
all of which have handsome arched entrances of
stone, where the guards of the .city keep watch.
Near the Ajimeresate, is a mudrussa, or college,
ereaed by (,azoodeen Cawn, nephew of Nisam-00l-
Mooluk,
built of red stone, and situated in tre centre
of a spacious quadrangle, with a fountain lined with
stone. At the upper end of the area is a handsome
mosque, built of red stone, and inlaid with white
marble The college is uninhabited.
In the neighbourhood of the Cabul-gate is a gar-
den called 'lees I luzzari Baug, in which is the tomb
of the Queen Malika Zeman', wife of the Emperor
Mahouts! Shah; a marble tablet, placed at the head
of the grave, is engraved with some Persian couplets,
inform's& us of the d ire of her death. On a rising
ground, pear this garden, are two broken columns
of brown granite, eight feet high and two and a
half broad, on which are inscriptions in ancient
char-afters.
About one mile east of the city, is the tomb of the
celebrated Jahanarah &gum, eldest -daughter of the
Emperor Shah Jeban, no less famous for ber wit,
gallantry. and beauty, than for her filial attachment,
in undergoing a voluntary confinement of ten years
ith het father in the Castle of Agra.
Ttie tomb is of fine white marble, uncovered at
the top, which was formerly covered with earth and
fl )wers. At the head of the grave is a tablet of
white marble, witk an iascription in black charaeters:
In English thus:—
Let no o • .caner over my grave aught betides earth and
vr:iure, f 4 such rashest 'Defining the seinikhre of au humble

On the margin :
'our pert; faker, Jehanarai il-gum, daughter of Shah
Jetta., a..J heetple us. the Saihts of Corcsty, in the you of
11 yeah th 94.
Within the city of new Delhi are the remains of
many 11.1 ndid palaces, belonging to the ;peat pm-
ram of the Empire Among the largest are those
of CurnmeraideenTawo, Vizir of hlahmud Shah t
Ali Merdan Khan. the Persian ; the Nabeb Ga-
zooddeen lawn; Sctdur Jung's; the garden of,
Coodseah &gum, mouse• to Mahmud Shah ; the
palace of Sadat Khan, and that of Sultaim Datah
Shce..A. tall these palaces are surrounded by high
walls, aal take up a Con>iderable space of pound.
I i;eir entrances arc through lofty arched gateways
of brick and tote, at the top of which are the ga,-
aeries for masic, before vac's is a spacious court•yard
I r the elephants, horses, and attendants of the vi-
sitors. each palace has likewise a mein!, or serag-
lio, adjoionig, which is separated from the great
hall by a partition wall, and communicates by
roans of private passages. All of them had gar-
dens, with capacious reservoirs of stone, and foun-
tains in the cemer. An ample terrace extended
round the whole of each particular palace, and
within the walls were houses and apartments tor
servants and followers of every description, besides
stabling for horses, elephants, and every thing Ap-
pertaining to a Nobleman's suite. Each palace is
likewisejsrovided with a haadsome set of baths, and
a Tell }Junta under ground.
The baths of SiOUL Khan are a set of beautiful
rooms, paved and lined unix white marble, consist-
ing of five distinft apartments, into which light i•
admitted by glazed windows a► the top of the domes.
Sehlur Jung's Tell Khana consists of a set i.f apart-
ments built in a light and delicate style; one log
room, in which is a marble reservoir the whole
length, and a smaller one raised and balustratesi on
each side, both faced throughout with whi:e marb!e.

Delhi is adorned with mai—iy Gae mosques, several
of which are still in perfea beauty and rt.pair. The
following are the most worthy of description :
let. The Jams hfujid, or great cathedral. 'this
mosque is situated about a quarter of a mile from
the royal palace ; the foundation of it was laid upon a
rocky eminence, named dujular l'abar, and has been
scalped on purpose. Toe ascent to it is by a flight
of stone steps, thirty-five in number, throulli a hand.
some gateway of we red stone. The doors of this
gateway are covered throughout with plates of
serialist brass, which Mr. BCPa Cr imagined to be
copper. The terrace on which this na,sque is situ-
ated, is a square of about fourteen hundred yards tit
red stone; in the center is a fountain lured with
marble, for the purpose of performing the netesa-
ry ablutions to prayer.

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