26. The ninety-nine names of God do not occur in the Koran. They are
enumerated in chapter 1 of Book X of the 'Mishkat-ul-Masabih' (see
note 10, Chapter 5 _ante_): 'Abu Hurairah said, "Verily there are
ninety-nine names for God; and whoever counts them shall enter into
paradise. He is Allaho, than which there is no other; Al-Rahman-ul-
Rahimo, the compassionate and merciful," &c., &c.' (Matthews, vol. i,
p. 542.) The list is reproduced in the introduction to Palmer's
translation of the Koran, and in Bosworth-Smith, _Muhammad and
Muhammadanism_.
27. The court, 70 feet square, of the topmost story, is open to the
sky, but the original intention was to provide a light dome,
presumably similar to that built a little later to crown the
mausoleum of Itimad-ud-daula. Finch, the traveller, who was at Agra
about 1611, was informed that the cenotaph was 'to be inarched over
with the most curious white and speckled marble, and to be seeled all
within with pure sheet gold, richly inwrought.' The reason for
omitting the dome is not recorded.
28. The area is much larger than 40 acres, being really about 150
acres.
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