Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c7.s2.t1.44

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c7.s2.t1.44

² Compare a description of the house of a noble named Khalifa in Koil (Aligarh) where Gulbadan was received by the Mughal Emperor. The house in this case was furnished with rich Gujarat curtains fringed with gold-threads. Separate apartments were assigned for Gulbadan and other ladies. *Vide* G., 18, 20-23. Compare Amir Khusrau’s description of the house of a noble, IK., V, 58, 87-88. Compare *Babur-Nama*, 234 for the account of the library in the house of Ghazi Khan, an Afghan noble of Milwat. Babur bears testimony to the enormous number of ‘theological books’ which he found there.

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