The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c23.s4.86

v4.c23.s4.86

At an hour which was prescribed by the most clever astrologers and the greatest astronomers, all the great *mushāikhs* (religious men), the respectable *sayyids*, the learned persons, and all the elders, accompanied the King to the sacred spot, and prayed the Almighty God to finish the happy foundation of that city. First, His Majesty with his holy hand put a brick on the earth, and then each person from that concourse of great men placed a stone on the ground, and they all made such a crowd there that the army, people, and the artists, masons, and labourers found no room or time to carry stones and mud to the spot.¹