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14 No. IV.

MAUSOLEUM OF THE RANEE, WIFE OF THE EMPEROR JEHANGIRE, NEAR ALLAHABAD.

lady was an Hindoo princess, although married to a Mahomedan prince, and was called the Ranee, conformably to the Hindoo usage; her Mausoleum is in the large garden near Allahabad, where are the tombs also of several of the Mogul family. It has a grand effect from the simplicity of its plan, is executed with great care, and as a Mahomedan edifice, is very remarkable in being without pointed arches of any kind. A large fountain is attached to it. Mangoe and other umbrageous trees surround the buildings.

Allahabad is five hundred and fifty miles N. W. from Calcutta.

 No. V.

THE PUNJ MAHALLA GATE, LUCKNOW.

plainness and simplicity of this edifice is more striking than the richness of its decorations; a circumstance seldom occurring in gateways belonging to Mahomedan princes. This gate leads to a palace erected by Nawaub Sujah ul Dowla, a building of considerable magnificence, and which has been much enlarged by his son Nawaub Assoph ul Dowla.

Lucknow is six hundred and forty-nine miles from Calcutta on the river Goomty, which falls into the Ganges near the village of Siedabad below Benares.

 No. VI.

THE MAUSOLEUM OF AMIR KHUSERO, AT THE ANCIENT CITY OF DELHI.

Mausoleum is built of white marble, finely polished and finished with the utmost delicacy; particularly the lattice work, which is introduced on each side of it.

Amir Khusero, a prince and native of Samarcand, was a poet and historian of considerable merit. He resided at the court of Delhi, in great friendship with Shekh Nizam ad Dien Oulea. He died in the year one thousand three hundred and thirty-nine, and is interred very near the tomb of that venerable Shekh whom the Mahomedans regarded as a saint, and whose name they still continue to revere.

 No. VII.

RUINS AT CANNOUGE.

Ruins at Cannouge are very extensive. The edifice to the left is a mosque built of freestone, on the site of an Hindoo temple, and probably much of the ancient materials have been again brought into use by the Mahomedans, (a frequent practice with them, after mutilating every ornament that had any reference to the Hindoo mythology,) the pillars, and some other parts, being evidently Hindoo.

The Colly Nuddy, a small river, runs very near it in its course to the Ganges. Cannouge is situated on the western bank of that river, two hundred and fifty-nine miles above Benares.

 No. VIII.

THE ENTRANCE TO THE MAUSOLEUMS IN SULTAUN KHUSERO'S GARDEN, NEAR ALLAHABAD.

gate is the principal entrance to the garden in which Sultaun Khusero, his mother the Ranee, and his brother Sultaun Purveiz, are interred. Though a massy structure, it has by no means a heavy effect; and though it formerly may have appeared with more splendour, having been painted with different colours, that surface is fortunately now nearly washed off. The upper part towards the garden is much decayed. 