Oriental Scenery/Part 4/Plate 13

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2286310Oriental Scenery — Fourth Series, Plate 13Thomas Daniell and William Daniell

No. XIII.

VIEW AT NIGEIBABAD, NEAR THE COADUWAR GAUT.

Nigeibabad is one of the most opulent towns in the fertile district of Rohilcund, and subject at this time to Fizula Cawn. It is a place of tolerable trade, chiefly carried on with the mountainous country in its vicinity, whence a variety of ores, gums, and spices are brought and disposed of in the bazars, of which there are several.

This place, though still considerable, has not wholly escaped the all-destroying hand of time. The ruined remains of many edifices of no vulgar style, formerly the dwellings of Rohilla families, discover strong signs of decay. These buildings however are Mahomedan, and the city itself is probably not very ancient.


View at Nigeibabad, near the Coaduwar Gaut.