...off the whole of the inhabitants a second time to the Deccan, leaving the noble metropolis of Dehly a resort for owls, and a dwelling-place for the beasts of the desert. At this time the taxes were so heavy, and exacted with such rigour by the revenue officers, that in...

...his dominions, and ordered the citizens of Delhi to remove thither, " leaving that noble metropolis a resort for owls, and a dwelling-place for the beasts of the field." At this time (AD 1340) the taxes were so heavy, that the cultivators of the soil, unable to...

...transport them to his new capital ; in the words of Ferishta, " leaving the noble metropolis of Dchly a resort for owls, and a dwelling-place for the beasts of the desert." And it was truly a noble city, if we may credit the report of John Batuta, a native of Taugiers, who...

...ft harvest bud been reaped by the first spoilers of the Deccan, that their example found many eager imitators. In one of these predatory visits, a prince,...stock his favourite city. After a time, permission was piven to the inhabitants to return to Delhi. Of those who made the attempt, some perished on the road...

...a harvest bad been reaped by the first spoilers of the Deccan, that their example found many eager imitators. In one of these predatory visits, a prince,...and miserable exiles with whom his wanton tyranny bad hoped to stock his favourite city. After a time, permission was given to the inhabitants to return...

...to death. So complete was the removal that the old metropolis is described as having been left as ' a resort for owls and a dwelling-place for the beasts of the field.' Ibu Batuta, the Mahommedan traveller of Tangier, was in Delhi about the year 1340, and he refers...

...off the whole of the inhabitants a second time to the Deckan, leaving the noble metropolis of Delhi a resort for owls and a dwelling-place for the beasts of the desert. The wretched inhabitants, driven to Doulatabad, reduced to poverty in a strange country, without houses...