Delftware
a kind of pottery originally manufactured at Delft, in Holland, in the 14th century. It was among the best of its day, being considered equal to the Italian in quality, but somewhat inferior in its ornamentation. DELHI (del'i), a city of Hindustan, in the Punjab, anciently capital of the Patan and Mogul Empires, about 954 miles N. W. of Calcutta. It was at one time the largest city in Hindustan, covering a space of 20 square miles, and having a population of 2,000,000. A vast tract covered with the ruins of palaces, pavilions, baths, gardens, mausoleums, etc., marks the extent of the ancient metropolis. The present city abuts on the right bank of the Jumna, and is surrounded on three sides by a lofty DELIBES DELLA CRUSCANS stone wall 5½ miles long, strengthened he was appointed professor in the Conby the British at the beginning of the century with a ditch and glacis.
The palace or residence of the Great Mogul, built by Shah Jehan, begun in 1631, and now known as "the fort," is situated in the E. of the city, and abuts directly on the river. It is surrounded on three sides by an embattled wall of reddish sandstone nearly 60 feet high, with round towers at intervals, and a gateway on the W. and S. Since the mutiny in 1857, a great portion has been in order to make room for military barracks. One of the most remarkable markable objects in the city is the Musjid or Great Mosque, a magnificent structure in the Byzantine-Arabic style, built by the Emperor Shah TOMB OF THE BANGLE-MAKER