Index:The Seven Cities of Delhi.djvu

Title	The Seven Cities of Delhi
Author	Gordon Risley Hearn
Year	1906
Publisher	W. Thacker & Co.
Location	London
Source	djvu
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CONTENTS

SITUATIONS OF THE OBJECTS

OF INTEREST (ITINERARIES

FOR TWO DAYS)

CHAPTER I

MODERN DELHI AND THE RIDGE

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The Indian Rome—The Modern City—Cashmere Gate—St. James's Church— Magazine—The Fort—Palace Buildings—Delhi Gate—Jama Masjid—Chandni Chouk—Queen's Gardens —Mori Gate—The Ridge—Mound Piquet—Old Cantonments—Military Cemetery—Flagstaff Tower— Hindu Rao's House—Siege Batteries—Kudsia Gardens—Custom House Battery—Cashmere Bastion ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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CHAPTER II

THE PLAINS TO THE SOUTH OF DELHI

Mahomedan Kings — Cabul Gate — Lahore Gate — Ajmere Gate — Kutb Road — Jantar Mantar — Tombs of Lodi Kings — Safdar Jang's Tomb — Panoramas — Kutb Minar — Adjacent Buildings — Iron Pillar — Shrine of Nizam-ud-din — Humayun's Tomb — Purana Kila — Kotila of Firoze Shah — Asoka Pillar ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF THE

CITIES AND THEIR MONUMENTS

CHAPTER III

THE SEVEN CITIES OF DELHI

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The Traditional Indraprastha — Hindu History — Hindu Rajas — Mahomedan Conquest — The Seven Cities — Dates and Circumstances of their Foundation — Reasons for Successive Abandonment — Vagaries of the River — Climatic Conditions altered ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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CHAPTER IV

OLD DELHI

The Walls— Kutb Minar— Alai Gate — Kuwwat-ul-Islam Mosque — Iron Pillar— Tomb of Altamsh — Alai Minar — Shrine of Kutb-ud-din — Jamali Masjid — Tomb of Sultan Ghari ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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CHAPTER V

SIRI, TUGHLUKĀBĀD, AND JAHĀNPANĀH

Foundation of the Three Cities — Tughlukabad — Tomb of Tughlak Shah— The City — Khirki Mosque in Jahanpanah — Sat Palah — Tombs near Khirki — Roshan Chiragh Delhi — Bedi Mandal — Begampur — Shrine of Khwaja Nizam-ud-din Aulia — Adjacent buildings ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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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

CHAPTER IX

DELHI IN MOGHAL TIMES

Babar — Humayun — Akbar — Jahangir — Shah Jahan — Aurangzeb — Puppet Emperors — Mahomed Shah — Nadir Shah's Invasion — Ahmad Khan Abdali — Mahratta predominance — Shah Alam — Ghulam Kadir — A Blind Emperor 210

CHAPTER X

DELHI UNDER "JOHN COMPANY"

Battle of Delhi — Lord Lake's Conquest — Siege of Delhi by Holkar — Shah Alam a Pensioner — Akbar Shah — British Residents — Bahadur Shah — The Succession Question . 253

CHAPTER XI

THE MUTINY OF 1857 AND THE SIEGE

Outbreak at Meerut— The Mutineers at Delhi— Defence of the Magazine — The flight — Advance of the Avenging Army — Battle of Ghazi-ud-din Nagar — Battle of Badli-ki-Sarai — Events of the Siege — Arrival of the Siege Train in September — Siege Batteries — The Assault — Fighting in the City — The City retaken — Capture of the King . 262

CHAPTER XII

DELHI SINCE 1857

The City under a Military Governor — Advance of the Jodhpur Legion — Battle of Narnoul — Trial of Prominent Rebels and of the King — Delhi transferred to the Punjab — Assumption of Government by the Crown — Proclamation of a British Empress of India — Delhi the Commercial Capital of Northern India . . 295