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CHAPTER VI

FIROZĀBĀD AND THE DELHI OF SHER SHĀH

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Extent of Firozābād — Sher Shāh's Walls — Kalān Masjid — Kotila of Firoze Shāh — Asoka Pillar — Jāma Masjid of Firoze Shāh — Kushk Anwar — Purāna Kila — Kila Kona Mosque — Tomb of Mahomed Shāh — Buildings in Khāirpur — Jantar Mantar — Kadam Sharif — Old Idgah
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CHAPTER VII

SHĀHJAHĀNĀBĀD

The Walls — St. James's Church — Adjoining Houses — Magazine — Old Cemetery — Nigambodh Gate — Salimgarh — Garden of Mādho Dās — The Palace before 1857 — Courts and Buildings — Dariāganj — Jāma Masjid — Objects North of the Ridge — Coronation Darbār Park — Badli-ki-Sarāi— Garden of Mahaldār Khān — Roshanāra Garden — Mithāi Bridge — Hindu Rāo's House .... 134


HISTORY OF DELHI FROM THE TWELFTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURIES


CHAPTER VIII

DELHI BEFORE THE MOGHAL CONQUEST

Mahomedan Conquest of Delhi — The First Mahomedan King of India — The Slaves who became Kings — Altamsh — Balban — The Khilji Dynasty — Alā-ud-din — Tughlak Shāh — His Son Mahomed — Firoze Shāh — Timur's Invasion — The Lodi Kings — The Moghals called in . .173