Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval India, A.D. 1000–1800 c12.59

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⁴¹ In comparison the population of London in 1593-95 was 152,479 and in 1666, 460,000 (*Ency. Brit.* XI Ed., XVI, p. 965). The population of Paris in 1590 has been estimated at 200,000 and under Louis XIV (d. 1715) at 492,600, *Modern Cyclopaedia* (London, 1901), VI, p. 305. Shahjahan probably transferred the capital to Delhi from Agra (1649) because of too much congestion in the latter. *Arch. Sur. Rep.* 1911-12, p. 2, and contemporary authorities cited therein.