 | Sir Henry Miers Elliot - India - 1871 - 670 pages
...inhabitants with a spirit of resistance, so that they brought on themselves that fate which was inevitable. When my mind was no longer occupied with the destruction of the people of Dehli, I took a ride round the cities. Siri is a round city (shahr). Its buildings are lofty. They... | |
 | Sir Henry Miers Elliot - India - 1871 - 754 pages
...inhabitants with a spirit of resistance, so that they brought on themselves that fate which was inevitable. When my mind was no longer occupied with the destruction of the people of Dehli, I took a ride round the cities. Siri is a round city (shahr). Its buildings are lofty. They... | |
 | Edward Backhouse Eastwick, John Murray (Firm) - Bengal - 1882 - 476 pages
...his Autobiography : " When my mind was no longer occupied with the destruction of the people of Dihli I took a ride round the cities. Siri is a round city....of stone and brick, and they are very strong ; Old Dihli also has a similar strong' fort, but it is larger than that of Siri. From the fort of Siri to... | |
 | John Murray (Firm), Edward Backhouse Eastwick - Bengal (India) - 1882 - 492 pages
...Tíraúr the Mughul emperor, who invaded India in 1398 AD, briefly describes Dihliin his Autobiography : " When my mind was no longer occupied with the destruction of the people of Dihli I took a ride round the cities. Siri is a round city. Its buildings are lofty ; they arc surrounded... | |
 | Henry George Keene - Delhi (India) - 1882 - 142 pages
...London, and the Borough. The following quaint account of the place is given by the invader : — " When my mind was no longer occupied with the destruction of the people of Dehli, I took a ride round the cities, Siri is a round city ; its buildings are lofty, surrounded by... | |
 | Gabrielle Festing - Delhi (India) - 1913 - 494 pages
...reserved for himself, that they might build a mosque at Samarkand to surpass all others in the world. " When my mind was no longer occupied with the destruction of the people of Delhi," he tells us, " I took a ride round the cities," like any modern tourist. After fifteen days' plunder... | |
 | Upendra Nath Ball - India - 1928 - 322 pages
...and Old Delhi, Timur took a ride round them. The description he gives of these places is interesting. "Siri is a round city. Its buildings are lofty. They...and brick, and they are very strong. Old Delhi also had a similar strong fort and it is larger then that of Siri. From the fort of Siri to that of Old... | |
 | John Capper - Delhi (India) - 1997 - 344 pages
...Delhi " was also called Darul Khilafat or " Seat of the Califate." Timur in his Memoirs says: — " Siri is a round city. Its buildings are lofty. They...built of stone and brick, and they are very strong." " From the fort of Siri to that of old Delhi, which is a considerable distance," says Timur, " there... | |
 | H. C. Fanshawe - Reference - 1998 - 492 pages
...has shown. They are indicated upon the map of the country round Delhi, published with this work. " When my mind was no longer occupied with the destruction...took a ride round the cities. Siri is a round city (shahr). Its buildings are }ofty. They are surrounded by fortifications (kala), built of stone and... | |
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I took a ride round the cities. Siri is a round city. Its buildings are lofty ; they are surrounded by fortifications built of stone and brick, and they are very strong ; old Delhi also has a similar strong fort, but it is larger than that of Siri. 