تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.20
English (machine translation) 13.20
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13.20.1
When we entered the capital Dihlī, we went to the Sultan's gate. We entered the first gate, then the second, then the third, and found at it the naqībs, who have been mentioned before. When we reached them, their chief naqīb led us to a great, spacious audience hall, where we found the vizier Khwāja Jahān waiting for us. Ḍiyāʾ al-Dīn Khudhāwandzāda went in first, followed by his brother Qawām al-Dīn, then their brother ʿImād al-Dīn; then I followed them, and after me came their brother Burhān al-Dīn, then
13.20.2
the amīr Mubārak al-Samarqandī, then Arun Bughā the Turk, then Malik Zāda, son of Khudhāwandzāda's sister, then Badr al-Dīn al-Faṣṣāl.
13.20.3
When we entered through the third gate, the great audience hall called Hazār Usṭūn, meaning "a thousand pillars", came into view; there the Sultan holds his public audience. At that the vizier made obeisance until his head nearly touched the ground, and we made obeisance by bowing and touching the ground with our fingers, our obeisance directed toward the Sultan's throne; all who were with us made obeisance. When we had finished the obeisance, the naqībs cried out in loud voices: "Bismillāh!" and we went out.
Linked texts (1)
- تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار — Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Arabic