A History of Agriculture in India v2.c59.8

v2.c59.8

'Dehli owing to the combination of learning and action is like Bokhara,' Amir Khusrau declares. 'For all its faults, its citizens loved it. They never called it merely by its name, but in prose and verse they referred to it as 'Hazrat-i Dehli' (Revered Dehli) or the shahr (the city).'¹