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Foundation of the three cities—Tughlukabad—Tomb of Tughlak Shah—The city—Khirki Mosque in Jahanpanah—Sat Palah—Tombs near Khirki—Roshan Chiragh Delhi—Bedi Mandal —Begampur—Shrine of Khwaja Nizam-ud-din AuHa—Adjacent buildings.

Map of Tughlukabad, p. 104. was built by Ala-ud-din in 1303. The site of this city is partially occupied by the village of Shahpur, but hardly anything of the walls remains, for they were removed by Sher Shah, to build the walls of his city. We know from the Memoirs of Timur that there were seven gates, of which three opened towards Jahanpanah, but we have mention in history of the name of only one, the Baghdad Gate, presumably one of those on the western side. The walls, we are told by Ibn Batuta, were seventeen feet in thickness, but only mounds of earth remain to mark their position. Inside this city there was a Palace of a Thousand Pillars, but