1 CITY OF OHUZNEE.
2 bank, are the woody mountains and narrow plains of the Kharateef;
3 but I shall leave them lor a fuller description hereafter.
4 Immediately to the south of (ihnznee is the rich district of 8hil-
5 gur, which, with tlie country rounti tlie city, is hii|;hly cultivated, and
6 abounds in villages and gardens. Though it has little natural wood,
7 many plane trees and poplars are planted, for the sake of the timber;
8 the want of which article is, however, felt in all tliia country, and
9 is remedied in building, by the use of the arched roof. .
10 CHiQtfnee itself, which eight centuries ago wm the capital of an
11 empire, readiing from the Tigria to the Ganges, and from the Jaw^
12 tea to die Persian gulf, ia now reduced to a town containing about
13 fiftem hundred houaea, besides anbuiba without the walls. Hie town
14 stands on a height, at the foot of which flows a pretty large stream.
15 It is surrounded by stone walls, and contains three baMurs of no grept
16 breadth, with high houses on each side, and a covered Chaursoo^
17 besides seranl dark and narrow streets. Some few remuns of the
18 ancient nrandeur of the city are still to be se^ in its neighbourhood!
19 particularly two lofty minarets, which stand at some distance from
20 each other, and are of different heights, the least, upwards of one
21 hundred feet hi<rh. The tomb of the great Sultan ^lalimood is also
22 standing, about three miles from the city. It is a spacious, but not
23 a magnificent building, covered with a cupola. The doors, which are
24 very large, are of sandal wood, and are said to have been brought
25 by the Sultan as a trophy from the famous temple ol' Somnaut in
26 Guzerat, which he sacked in his last expedition to India. Tlie tomb-
27 stone is of white marble, on which are sculptured Arabic verses from
28 &e Korann, and at its head liea liie plain but weighty mace, idiidi
29 is said to hove been wielded by the monardi liimael£ Itis.ofwood,
30 with a bead of metal so heavy* that lew men can use it. Tltere aie
31 also some ttnones, or durirs, inlaid with Diotlier<4ifipeail, in thetoDh^
32 ■Ufaidi are said to have beloog^ to Mahmood. Tlie tombiBtone.ia
33 under a canopy, and some Mnollaha are still maiiitained, who iocob*
34 aaqiiy read die B^onmn .aloud over the fpmwHy ■
35 Digitized by Googl