تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 10.16.1

10.16.1

Outside Dihlī is the great reservoir named after Sultan Shams al-Dīn Lalmish, from which the people of the city drink. It is near its muṣallā, and its water is collected from rainwater. Its length is about two miles and its breadth half its length. Its western side, toward the muṣallā, is built of stone made in the form of platforms, one above another, and below each platform are steps by which one descends to the water, and beside each platform is a stone dome containing seats for those strolling and sightseeing. In the middle of the reservoir is a great dome of carved stone, built in two storeys; when the water in the reservoir is high there is no way to reach it except by boat, and when the water is low people go in to it. Inside it is a mosque, and most of the time there reside