مسالك الابصار في ممالك الامصار 2.30

2.30

وما لا يحصى من الدواب السائمة من الجواميس والأبقار والأغنام والمعز، ودواجن الطير من الدجاج والحمام البلدي والأوز، وهو أقل أنواعه، فأما الدجاج الهندي فيكاد أن يكون كالأوز في عظم المقدار، وكل هذا يباع بأرخص الأسعار، وأقل الأثمان، وأما السمن واللبن على اختلاف أنواعه فكثير لا يعبأ به ولا له قيمة، ويباع بأسواقها من الأطعمة المنوعة كالشواء والأرز والمطجن والمقلى والمنوع والحلوى [1] المنوعة [2] على خمسة وستين نوعا، والفقاع والأشربة ما لا يكاد يرى في مدينة سواها، وبها من أصحاب الصنائع للسيوف والقسى والرماح وأنواع الرماح والزردا، والصواغ والزراكش [3] والسراجين وغير ذلك من أرباب كل صنف مما يختص بالرجال والنساء وذوي السيوف والأقلام وعامة الناس ما لا يحصى لهم عدد، وأما الجمال فقليلة لا تكون إلا للسلطان ومن عنده من الخانات [4] والأمراء والوزراء وأكابر أرباب الدولة، وأما الخيل فكثيرة وهي نوعان (المخطوط ص 16) : عراب [5] وبراذين [6] ، وأكثرها مما لا يحمد فعله، ولهذا

According to the account of Shaikh Mubarak, the city of Dehli is the capital of the kingdom of India. Next comes Dawakir (Deogir), which was founded by the Sultan of that empire, and named by him "Kubbatu-l Islam, or the Metropolis of Islam." This place, said the Shaikh, is situated in the third climate. When I left it six years ago the buildings were not completed, and I doubt if they are yet finished, the extent it covers being so great, and the number of its intended edifices so vast. The king divided it into quarters, each of them intended for men of the same profession. Thus there was the quarter of the troops, that of the ministers and clerks, that of the Kazis and learned men, that of the shaikhs and fakirs, and that of the merchants and those who carry on trades. Each quarter was to contain within it everything necessary for its wants, mosques, minarets, markets, baths, mills, ovens, and workmen of every trade, including even blacksmiths, dyers, and curriers, so that the inhabitants should have no necessity to resort elsewhere for buying or selling, or the other requirements of life. Each quarter was to form a separate town, entirely independent of those surrounding it. I questioned the Shaikh Mubarak about the city of Dehli and the court of its sovereign, and I obtained from him the following details. "Dehli consists of several cities which have become united, and each of which has a name of its own.