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 of which boys leap Into the water for the ever-solicited " bakshish." But, after passing through tortuous, dusty passages, there breaks on the view a very different picture. In front is the Dargah, or shrine, of Khwaja Nizam-ud-din Aulia, who lived in the days of Tughlak Shah, and is reputed to have constantly been on bad terms with that monarch, even to have compassed his death.

On the west of the shrine is a mosque, built by Firoze Shah six hundred years ago, the principal object of interest in which is a golden bell, hanging from the dome, well out of reach—the Jats are said to have tried in vain to shoot it down for plunder. The square, domed, marble shrine is beautiful, both outside and in, a special feature being a canopy over the grave, inlaid with mother-of-pearl ; this is seen only with difficulty, for the boots must be removed before entering. The grave is, as usual, covered with a pall, there is a prayer-niche, and the pierced marble screens, if not so beautiful as those in the tomb of Salim Chisti, at Fatehpur Sikri, are elegant and costly.

Near by there are three marble enclosures; the first that of Jahanara Begam, daughter of Shah Jahan, and sharer of his captivity. The grass on her grave is planted there in compliance