تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.58.1

13.58.1

In the city of Dawlat Ābād there is a market for male and female singers called Ṭarab Ābād, one of the finest and largest of markets. It has many shops, each with a door leading into its owner's house, and the house has another door besides! The shop is decorated with carpets, and in its middle is something like a large cradle in which the singing-girl sits or reclines, adorned with all kinds of jewellery, while her slave-girls rock her cradle.