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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 Delhi.

--Antique pillars (Kootub).--Prospect from its galleries.--Anecdotes

of Juangheer and Khareem Zund...Page 289

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