MODERN HYDERABAD.
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of Delhi suffered terrible hardships on the
way to Deogiri (the ancient name for Daulat-
abad), that many died on the way there, and
that those who arrived safely "pined among
the idolaters." The sultan found his coffers
empty, and caused the gold and silver coin-
age to be replaced by copper, saying that
his brass was equal to the precious metals of
other men; but business came to a stand-still
and he was obliged to withdraw his coinage
edict. And, later, cholera attacked his
subjects, and he himself nearly died of
it, and then, being somewhat chastened and
subdued, he gave permission to his subjects
to return to Delhi, and a handful of despair-
ing men, women, and children went home.
The Bahmani Kings (1347-1527 A.D.).—
The various Mahomedan Governors of the
Deccan asserted their independence after
the sultan of Delhi had gone away, and the
first to assume the title of King were the
Bahmani rulers, who established their capital
at Gulbarga.
I visited the tombs of these kings there-small squarc stone buildings, with a bulbous roof, and containing a grave of the simplest character. Standing at some dis- tance from the city, the tombs are cool and
