The Memoirs of Bābur 935.1.3

935.1.3

That place is at the end of a beaked hill,[2255] its beak being of solid red building-stone (_`imārat-tāsh_). I had ordered the (beak of the) hill cut down (dressed down?) to the ground-level and that if there remained a sufficient height, a house was to be cut out in it, if not, it was to be levelled and a tank (_ḥauẓ_) cut out in its top. As it was not found high enough for a house, Ūstād Shāh Muḥammad the stone-cutter was ordered to level it and cut out an octagonal, roofed tank. North of this tank the ground is thick with trees, mangoes, _jāman_ (_Eugenia jambolana_), all sorts of trees; amongst them I had ordered a well made, 10 by 10; it was almost ready; its water goes to the afore-named tank. To the north of this tank Sl. Sikandar's dam is flung across (the valley); on it houses have been built, and above it the waters of the Rains gather into a great lake. On the east of this lake is a garden; I ordered a seat and four-pillared platform (_tālār_) to be cut out in the solid rock on that same side, and a mosque [Sidenote: Fol. 340.] built on the western one. (_Sept. 22nd and 23rd—Muḥ. 7th and 8th_) On account of these various works, we stayed in Dūlpūr on Tuesday and Wednesday. (_d. Journey to Gūālīār resumed._)