alled Bala Pir, is said to have been the tutor of
the brother Nawabs, Dalel and Bahadur Khan. The former
ruled Kanauj in the time of Shah Jahan (A.D. 1628-1651), and
died after his deposition in 1666.--A. Fuehrer, _Monumental Antiquities
and Inscriptions of the N.W. Provinces and Oudh_, 1891, p. 80.

[7] Horseshoes are often nailed on the gates of the tombs of Musalman
saints, as at the mosque of Fatehpur Sikri.

[8] _Pir_, 'a saint, a holy man'.

[9] _Maqbara_, 'a sepulchre'.

[10] The Emperor Aurangzeb, A.D. 1658-1707.

[11] Khalifah, Caliph, one of the terms which have suffered degradation,
often applied to cooks, tailors, barbers, or other Musalman
servants.

[12] This may be the building known as Sita ki Rasoi, the kitchen
of Sita, heroine of the Ramayana epic. It is described and
drawn by Mrs. F. Parks (_Wanderings of a Pilgrim_, ii. 143).

[13] Butkhana.

[14] The tomb of the Saint Sa'id Shaikh Makhdum Jahaniya
Jahangasht of Multan (A.D. 1308-81). Fuehrer, _op. cit._, p. 81.

[15] Many saints are credited with the power of changing the courses of
rivers: see instances in W. Crooke, _Popular Religion and Folklore of
N. India_, 2nd ed., ii. 218.

[16] This may be a variant of the story that after the capture of Chitor,
Akbar weighed 74-1/2 _man_ (8 lbs. each) of cords belonging to the
slain Rajputs.--J. Tod, _Annals of Rajasthan_, 1884, i. 349.

[17] The name has not been traced. The reference is to Jains, who are
specially careful of animal life.

[18] If this is a male figure it cannot represent the goddess Lakshmi.
Mrs. Parks (_Wanderings of a Pilgrim_, ii. 144) speaks of images of
Rama and his brother Lakshmana, one of which may possibly be that
referred to in the text.

[19] _Tahkhana_, an underground cellar.

[20] This account is fairly correct. 'Although active saltpetre is met
with under a variety of conditions, they all agree in this particular,
that the salt is formed under the influence of organic matter.'--(G.
Watt, _Economic Dictionary_, VI, part ii, 431 _ff_).

LETTER XX

Delhi.--Description of the city.--Marble hall--The Queen's Mahul
(palace).--Audience with the King and Queen.--Conversation with
them.--Character of their Majesties.--Visit to a
Muckburrah.--Soobadhaars.--The nature of the office.--Durgah of Shah
Nizaam ood deen.--Tomb of Shah Allum.--Ruins in the vicinity of Del