Siri, Tughlukabad, and Jahanpanah
the garden. Around the mausoleum there is now an extensive cemetery.
ROSHAN CHIRAGH DELHI.—This was the name given to one Nasir-ud-din Mahomed, disciple of Shaikh Nizam-ud-din Aulia, and successor of that saint; he died in 1356, his shrine was built by Firoze Shah in 1373, and the enclosure-wall was added by Mahomed Shah in 1729. The shrine resembles that of his master, and requires no description; it is not worth inspection.
BEGAMPUR MASJID.—A cross-country path skirts the village of Begampur, which contains two mosques, the larger of which takes its name from the village, and was built about the same time as those at Khirki and in Firozabad. Both mosques have numerous domes on the vaulted roofs. In the village there is also the Kalu Sarai, which has been much knocked about.
BEDI MANDAL.—The use of this building, which is close to Begampur on the west, cannot be exactly stated. It consists of a small room, with sloping exterior walls, on a high mound, which was once faced with masonry, and was built, most probably, in the reign of Mahomed Tughlak; Hindus, however, consider that it has a much greater antiquity. It may have been
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