[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Islamic world](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl) › [Arabic](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar) › [Encyclopaedias](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.mawsua) › [مسالك الأبصار في ممالك الأمصار](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.mawsua.masalik-al-absar) › [Masaliku-l Absar (extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.mawsua.masalik-al-absar~en-elliot) › 1.4 # مسالك الابصار في ممالك الامصار 1.4 Masáliku-l Absár (extracts) 1.4 - **Language:** English ### [1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.mawsua.masalik-al-absar~en-elliot.1.4) The chief mosque is celebrated for its minaret, which, in point of altitude, is said to have no equal in the world. If the statement of Shaikh Burhánu-d dín Bursí can be believed, the height of this part of the edifice is 600 cubits. According to Shaikh Mubárak, the palaces of the Sultán of Dehlí are exclusively occupied by the Sultán, his wives, concubines, eunuchs, male and female slaves, and mamlúks. None of the Kháns and amírs are permitted to dwell there. They make their appearance there only when they come to wait upon the Sultán, which they do twice a day, morning and afternoon. Afterwards, each one of them retires to his own house. As regards the great officers of State, those of the highest rank are called khánś, then the maliks, then the amírs, then the isfáh-sálárs (generals), and, lastly, the officers (jand). The court of the sovereign comprises eighty kháns, or even more. The army consists of 900,000 horsemen, some of whom are stationed near the prince, and the rest are distributed in the various provinces of the empire. All are inscribed in the registers of the State, and partake of the liberality of their sovereign. These troops consist of Turks, inhabitants of Khatá, Persians, and Indians. Among them are to be found athlets (pahlawán), runners, (shattár), and men of every kind. They have excellent horses, magnificent armour, and a fine costume. \* \* \* The Sultán has 3,000 elephants, which, when accoutred for battle, wear a covering of iron gilded. - [Previous: 1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.mawsua.masalik-al-absar~en-elliot.1.3) - [Next: 1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.mawsua.masalik-al-absar~en-elliot.1.5) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.mawsua.masalik-al-absar~en-elliot.1) ## Linked texts (1) - [مسالك الأبصار في ممالك الأمصار](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.mawsua.masalik-al-absar.2.34-37) — Ibn Faḍl Allāh al-ʿUmarī, Arabic --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.mawsua.masalik-al-absar~en-elliot.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.mawsua.masalik-al-absar~en-elliot.1.4) · Pramāṇa