The Forgotten Cities of Delhi

After the conquest of Delhi by Mohammad of Ghor, many dynasties ruled over it. Each of them either built a new capital or expanded the existing one, giving Delhi a living history of over 1,500 years. Today, these erstwhile cities remain as neighbourhoods with remarkable character Siri, Jahanpanah, Tughlaqabad, Firozabad, Dinpanah, Shergarh and Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti giving Delhi a unique soul incomparable to other state capitals. In The Forgotten Cities of Delhi, Rana Safvi takes us on exploratory trails of the remains of these cities monuments and tombs that have survived the onslaught of urbanization and apathy and gives us a soulful introduction to their histories, blending her narrative with stirring Sufi couplets. The result is an in-depth tour that s full of awe and pathos, and makes us marvel at remnants from an era that was possibly the richest in Delhi s archaeological history an era of kings and courtiers, poets and saints, princesses and philosophers.