Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval India, A.D. 1000–1800 c12.60

c12.60

This is almost corroborated by a royal pen. Emperor Jahangir writes: "Agra is one of the grand old cities of Hindustan...On its west side, which has the greater population, its circumference is seven kos and its breadth is one kos. The circumference of the inhabited part on the other side of the water, the side towards the east, is 2½ kos, its length being one kos and its breadth half a kos. But in the number of its buildings it is equal to several cities of Iraq, Khurasan, and Mawaraa-n-nahr (Transoxiana) put together. Many persons have erected buildings of three or four storeys in it. The mass of the people is so great, that moving about in lanes and bazars is difficult...Before the rule of the Lodi Afghans, Agra was a great and populous place...From that date (when Sikandar Lodi shifted the capital from Delhi to Agra [1505]), the population and prosperity of Agra increased."⁴²