تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 7.3.4

7.3.4

To return to our subject. We went from Parwan to Kajarra, where there is a large tank about a mile long having on its banks temples with idols, which have been made examples of [i.e. mutilated] by the Muslims. Thence we journeyed through Chandiri to the town of Dhihar [Dhar], which is the chief city of Malwa, the largest province in that district. It is twenty-four days’ journey from Delhi, and all along the road between them there are pillars, on which is engraved the number of miles from each pillar to the next. When the traveller desires to know how many miles he has gone that day and how far it is to his halting place or to the town he is making for, he reads the inscription on the pillars and so finds out. From Dhahar we travelled to Ujayn [Ujjain], a fine and populous town, and thence to Dawlat Abad, the enormous city which rivals Delhi, the capital, in importance and in the spaciousness of its planning. It is divided into three sections; one is Dawlat Abad proper, and is reserved for the sultan and his troops, the second is called Kataka, and the third is the citadel, which is unequalled for its strength and is called Duwaygir [Deogiri]. At Dawlat Abad resides the great khan Qutlu Khan, the sultan’s tutor, who is governor of the town, and the sultan’s representative there and in the lands of Saghar, Tiling [Telingana], and their dependent territories.