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 TEMPLES AND TOMBS RESTORED 167 din, namely, Khizr Khan, Shadi Khan, Farid Khan, Sultan Shihab-ad-din, Sikandar Khan, Mohammad Khan, Osman Khan, and his grandsons, and the sons of his grandsons. I furthermore repaired the doors of the dome and the latticework of the tomb of Shaikh-al-Islam Nizam- al-hakk-wa-ad-din, which were made of sandalwood. I suspended the golden chandeliers by chains of gold in the four recesses of the dome, and I built an assembly room, for there was none there previously. Among other buildings which I restored was the tomb of Malik Taj-al-Mulk Kafuri, the great vizir of Sultan Ala-ad-din and master of fifty-two thousand horsemen. He was a most wise and intelligent minis- ter, and acquired many countries on which the horses of former sovereigns had never placed their hoofs, and he caused the public prayer to be repeated there in the name of Sultan Ala-ad-din. His grave had been levelled with the ground, and his tomb laid low. I caused the sepulchre to be entirely renewed, for he was a devoted and faithful subject. The Dar-al-aman, or House of Rest, is the bed and resting-place of great men. I had new sandalwood doors made for it, and over the tombs of these dis- tinguished men I caused curtains and hangings to be suspended. The expense of repairing and renewing these tombs and colleges was provided from their ancient endow- ments. In those cases where no income had been set- tled on these foundations in former times for purchas-