Twilight of the Sultanate c11.s3.16

c11.s3.16

⁶¹ There is some difference of opinion about the site of the city. Col. Mackenzie in his map places it half way between Sahpoor and Roshan Sarai, but he forgets that Yahyā is emphatic about its being built on the Jumna (T.M.S., 232). So also has been said by Nizāmuddīn and Badaonī. (T.A., I, 287; Badaonī, I, 279). Yahyā's testimony is of the greatest value as he witnessed the laying of the foundations of the city in question. In all probability the modern village of Mubārakpur is the site of Mubārakābād. The tomb of Mubārak Shāh (who was killed there) still stands there and the village has most certainly derived its name from the ancient monument. Also Āsar, 26 and 41; Journal Asiatique, 90; J.A.S.B., 1866, 216 and Map; J.A.S.B., 1870, 83; Thomas, *Chronicles*, 332-33.