[1] Akbar Shah II, King of Delhi, A.D. 1806-37.

[2] Mahall.

[3] Darvesh, ‘a religious mendicant’.

[4] Mansur ’Ali Khan, Safdar Jang, Nawab of Oudh
    (A.D. 1739-56), his successors being—­his son, Shuja-ud-daula
    (1756-75); his son, Asaf-ud-daula (1775-97); his reputed son Wazir
    ’Ali (1797-8); Sa’a dat ’Ali Khan, half-brother of
    Asaf-ud-daula (1798-1814); his son, Ghazi-ud-din Haidar
    (1814-37).  The tomb of Safdar Jang is near that of the Emperor
    Humayun.  ’This tomb in one of the last great Muhammadan
    architectural efforts in India, and for its age it deserves perhaps
    more commendation than is usually accorded to it.  Though the general
    arrangement of the tomb in the same as that of the Taj, it was not
    intended to be a copy of the latter’ (H.C.  Fanshawe, Delhi Past and
    Present, 1902, 246 f., with a photograph).  For a different
    appreciation, see Sleeman, Rambles, p. 507.

[5] Subahdar, the Viceroy or Governor of a Subah or Province of
    the Moghul Empire.

[6] Ghazi-ud-din announced his independence of Delhi under the
    advice of his Minister, Agha Mir.

[7] Shaikh Nizam-ud-din.  Auliya, one of the noblest disciples of
    Shaikh Farid-ud-din Shakkarganj; born at Budaun, A.D. 1236,
    died at Delhi, 1325.

[8] The entrance to the Dargah was built by Firoz Shah, and bears
    the date A.D. 1378.  The structure over the tomb has been rebuilt by
    many pious donors, and little of the original work is left (Fanshawe,
    op. cit., 235 ff.; Sleeman, Rambles, 490 ff., 507).

[9] Shah ’Alam II, King of Delhi, A.D. 1759-1806.  ’Three royal graves
    in the little court to the south side of the mosque lie within a
    single marble enclosure—­that on the last is the resting-place of
    Akbar Shah II (died 1837 A.D.); the next to it is that of Shah
    Alam II (died 1806), and then beyond an empty space, intended for
    the grave of Bahadur Shah, [the last King of Delhi], buried at
    Rangoon, comes the tomb of Shah Alam Bahadur Shah, a plain
    stone with grass on it’ (Fanshawe, 281 f.; Sleeman, Rambles, 500).

[10] Qutb, ‘the polar star’.  The pillar, 238 feet in height, was begun by
    Qutb-ud-di Aibak (A.D. 1206-10), and there are inscriptions of
    Altamsh or Iltutmish, his son-in-law.  It is entirely of Muhammadan
    origin, and was primarily intended to serve as a minaret to
    Qutb-ud-din’s mosque adjoining it; but its name refers to the saint
    Qutb-ud-din, buried close by. (Fanshawe, 265 ff.; Sleeman,
    Rambles, 492 ff.)

[11] This observatory was built by Raja Jai Singh of Jaipur (A.D.
    1693-1743) in 1724.  He also erected similar observatories at Benares,
    Multan, Ujjain, and Jaipur (Fanshawe, 247).