[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [History of the Qaraunah Turks in India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936) › c8.47 # History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c8.47 History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c8.47 - **Language:** English ### [c8.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c8.47) ²¹ Ibn Batūṭah, III, Paris, pp. 146-47. Malfūzāt-i-Timuri, Elliot, III, pp. 447-48. Zafarnamah, Elliot, III, p. 504. Carr Stephen, Archæology of Dihli, pp. 98-99. Ibn Batūṭah writes : Dihli consists of four cities :— (i) The old Dihli founded by the Hindus, which was conquered in 584 A.H. (ii) Siri which had been given by the Sultan to Ghiyas-al-Dīn, the ‘Abbasid. (iii) Tughluqabad which was built by the Sultan’s father. (iv) Jahānpanāh, which has been built by the present Sultan. The Sultan wished to enclose them within a wall but he gave up the scheme for financial reasons. - [Previous: c8.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c8.46) - [Next: c8.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c8.48) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta) — Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Arabic --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c8.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.prasad-1936.c8.47) · Pramāṇa