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favourite of the king. He is mentioned as the ‘master of knowledge and standard, lord of sword and pen and uprooter of evil and heresy.’.

71

Do. No. 3. From public bath-house, Burhanpur, Nimar District.

 

Mughal

Jahāngīr

Regnal year 10= 1615-16 A.D.

Persian, Nasta‘līq

Worn out. Records the construction of a bath (ḥammām) during the reign of Nūru’d Din Muḥammad Jahāngīr BādshāhGhāzī by ‘Abdu’r Raḥīm Khān Khān-i-Khānān under the superintendence of Muḥammad ‘Alī Garg (or Kark). Written by Khalf Tabrīzī.

72

Do. No. 4. From Amner, Amraoti District.

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A. H. 1055, Ramaḍān =1645 A.D., Oct-Nov.

Persian verse Nasta‘- līq.

States that (a structure) was constructed by Ismā’īl Khān. Nature of the building not mentioned.

 

73

Do. No. 5

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Persian, Nasta‘līq

In an indifferent hand. Seems to record the death of a person. Date not clear.

74

Do. No. 6

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….

Do.

Same as above.

75

Do. No. 7

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A. H. 1201=1787 A.D.

Arabic and Persian, Nasta‘līq.

After religious texts, gives the date of construction of the grave of Tāj  Muḥammad, the mason. Gives also the date of his death, viz. Friday, 27, Rabī ‘II.

76

Do. No. 8

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Persian, Naskh ; Marāṭhī, Nāgarī.

Bilingual. Persian portion completely abraded. For the Marāṭhī portion, see No. 192-A of App. B.

 

MADRAS
KURNOOL DISTRICT

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77

Kurnool.─Outer face of the door in the
east wall of the smaller tomb in ‘ Abdu’l Wahhāb kā Gumbad.

…. ….

A. H. 1048=1638-39 A.D.

Persian verse, Nasta’- līq and Thulth.

Records the death of ‘Supporter of religion, best of ministers who was also the servant of the pious’. Name not mentioned.

78

Outer face of the main gateway, same place.

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A. H. 1052=1642-43 A.D.

Persian, Nasta’līq Gives the date of construction of the gate of the tomb.
79

The jālī in the inner face of the east wall of the larger tomb, same place.

…. …. Do. Persian verse, Thulth Gives the date of death of some one whose name is not given.
80 Slab in the Idrīa Sāḥib Kī Manjid …. ….

A. H. 1067=1656-57 A.D.

Do.

States that this great bastion which is more pleasant than the Mt. Alwand and whose like has not been seen anywhere, was constructed by Jauhar.

81 Another slab in the same mosque Nawwābs of Kurnool Ghulām Rasūl Khān

A. H. 1245=1829-30 A.D.

Arabic prose and Persian verse, Nasta’- līq and Thulth.

States  that at the orders of Nawwāb Ghulām Rasūl, AshrafKhān constructed the fort on the river ; the Nawwāb went to see it when the chronogram giving its date was composed on the spot by Shāh Kamāl Karīmī. Engraved by Abu’l Ḥasan Muḥammad.

82 Salb on the Masjid-i-Āthār Do. Do.

A. H. 1248=1832-33 A.D.

Persian verse, Thulth

States that, when Ghulām Rasūl Khān Bahādur constructed a new mosque, Hamrāz composed the chronogram for its date.

83

Second slab on the same place

Do. Do.

Do.

Do.

States that, when the Nawwāb constructed the mosque in the‘audience-hall of prophethood’, Kamāl composed the chronogram.




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