1 4 Moorer, i. 109.
2 5 Von Hugel, ili,
3 161.
4 6 Burnes, fii. 160.
5 74, 109.
6 § Masson, i. 412.
7 9 Burnes, Sil. 160.
8 14 LAHORE.
9 Lahore is the Shah dura, or tomb of the Mogul emperor Jehangir.4
10 It is very extensive and beautiful, of a quadrangular figure, with
11 a ses | t each corner, rising to the height of seventy feet.5
12 The prin@pal material is red sandstone, but there is a profusion
13 of ornaments executed in marble, arranged in elegant mosaics,
14 representing flowers, and texts of the Koran in Arabic and Per-
15 sian.© These texts consist of a hundred repetitions of the name
16 of God in different modes of expression. There is a tradition that
17 Aurungzebe demolished a dome that formerly covered this mauso-
18 leum, in order that the rain might fall on the tomb of his grand-
19 father, in reprobation of his licentious conduct; but Moorcroft?
20 supposes that the building was never finished. This beautiful
21 monument is about three miles west of Lahore. It is separated
22 from the town by the river Ravee, which has lately swept away
23 part of the wall inclosing the tomb, and threatens speedily to
24 engulf the structure itself.8 The Maharajah gave it as a resi-
25 dence to a French officer of the name of Amise, who caused it to
26 be cleared out and put in repair, but died shortly afterwards.
27 His fate was considered by the Mahometans as retributive of his
28 impiety in desecrating the sacred pile, which has since been
29 closed up. Another of these huge ornamental tombs is styled
30 that of Anarkalli, a youth, according to tradition, a favourite of
31 one of the emperors, who, instigated by jealousy, having seen
32 him smile at a lady of the imperial zenana, caused him to be
33 put to death, by being built up in a brick cell, and this splendid
34 mausoleum to be raised over him. Unfortunately, the tone of
35 Mahometan morals is not such as to render the story incredible.
36 Three miles north-east of Lahore is the garden of Shah Jehan,® the
37 Shalimar, or ‘‘ House of Joy.” It is about half a mile long,* with
38 ’ three successive termgces, rising one ubove the other, and con-
39 ! Masson, i. 415.
40 3 Jacquemont,
41 Voy. v. 97,
42 tains four hundred and fifty fountains, which throw up water,
43 subsequently received into marble tanks. Runjeet Sing! bar-
44 barously defaced this superb monument of oriental magnificence,
45 by removing a large portion of the marble embellishments to his
46 new capital, Amritsir.
47 The streets of Lahore, which are very narrow and filthy,?
48 contain numbers of lofty but gloomy houses, inclosed within
49 extensive dead walls. The bazaars, though numerous, and
50 * Hiigel assigns much greater dimensions :—'‘ Der ganze Garten der
51 1} Meile lang and } breit seyn mag”’ (iii. 258).