Twilight of the Sultanate c17.s2.2
Twilight of the Sultanate c17.s2.2
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¹² Besides Delhi proper, the other chief townships were Sīrī (founded by 'Alāuddīn Khaljī), Tughlaqābād (founded by Ghāzī Tughlaq), Jāhān Panāh (residence of Muhammad Tughlaq) and Fīrōz Shāh's city and fort (Kotla). *Taqwīmul Buldān*, as cited in Alqal., 27; I.B., Def. and Sang., III, 146; H.C. Hearn, *The Seven Cities of Delhi*. al-Qalqāshindī, quoting Shaikh Abū Bakr, says, "All the cities of Delhi to which the name of Delhi is given are twenty-one in number".