Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c6.s2.t1.12
Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c6.s2.t1.12
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¹ Compare *ibid.*, K.F., 11. ² Compare Ibn Batuta. K.R., II, 90-1. ³ Compare for instance Malfuzat, 289, where Timur notes with satisfaction that among other goods he collected silk and brocade in the sack of Delhi past ‘all estimate, number, limit or calculation’. ⁴ Compare Q.S., 100-1, where Khusrau describes a piece of cloth the texture of which was so fine that the body was visible through it. One could fold a whole piece of this cloth inside one’s nail; yet it was large enough to cover the world when unfolded. ⁵ Compare *J.R.A.S.*, 1895, 531-2.