Note 44 — PART I.—DESCRIPTION.

In a.d. 1469 Mehmúd was succeeded by his son and minister Ghiás-ud-dín, to whose skill as a soldier much of Mehmúd’s success had been due. On his accession Ghiás-ud-dín made his son Abdul Kádir Prime Minister and heir-apparent, and gave him the title of Násir-ud-dín. He called his nobles, and in their presence handed his sword to Násir-ud-dín, saying: “I have passed thirty-four years in ceaseless fighting. I now devote my life to rest and enjoyment.”44 Ghiás-ud-dín, who never left Mándu during the whole thirty years of his reign (a.d. 1469–1499), is said to have completed the Jaház Mehel or Ship Palace,45 and the widespread buildings Appendix II. The Hill Fort of Mándu. History The Málwa Sultáns, a.d. 1400–1570. which surround it. It seems probable that the Tapela Palace close to the south-east of the Ship palace and the lake and royal gardens immediately to the north and north-east of the Tapela palace were part of Ghiás-ud-dín’s pleasure-houses and grounds. The scale of the ruins behind the Hindola or Swingcot palace to the north, and their connection with the out-buildings to the west of the Jaház Mehel, suggest that they also belonged to the palaces and women’s quarters of the pleasure-loving Ghiás-ud-dín.