History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c8.49

c8.49

²³ Masālik, Paris, MS. 48-49. Ibn Batūtah, IV, Paris, pp. 48-49. Bādshahnāmah, Biblioth, Ind., pp. 496-500. Tavernier's Travels in India, Vol. I, p. 143. The Masālik's account of Dihli is as follows :- The Sultan called Devagiri *Qubbat-al-Islam* or the cupola of Islam. The city was divided into quarters for civil and military officers, Qazis and learned men, *Shaikhs* and *faqirs* and merchants and tradesmen. Everything that was needed for human comfort was supplied. The old fort was repaired and fortified and new reservoirs were constructed for supplying water.