مسالك الابصار في ممالك الامصار 2.32

2.32

I asked Shaykh Mubārak about the city of Delhi and its condition. He told me that Delhi is several cities joined into one city, each with a known name; Delhi is only one of them, but its name has come to be applied to them all. It extends in length and breadth, the circuit of its built-up area being forty miles. Its buildings are of stone and brick, its roofs of timber, and its floors paved with a white stone resembling marble. No one builds there more than two storeys, and some have a single storey. None paves with marble except the Sultan.